The Miss Rockaway Armada is a theater group building a floating fleet of junk/recycled boats, taking then down the Mississippi holding workshops and performing along the way – “We’re building this boat entirely from salvaged materials. Wood dumpstered and begged from construction sites, buckets of screws donated by kind crew members, rope found on the […]
Seed Magazine has a video tour of the underground accelerator at CERN – “In Seed’s first exclusive short film, science communicator Alom Shaha travels underground and behind the scenes to probe the cavernous Large Hadron Collider at CERN. His tour offers a glimpse into the exciting preparations afoot as the accelerator is pieced together.” [via] […]
Nature footage has previews of their high def time lapse movies of plants growing, blooming and decomposing – [via] – Link. Related: DIY Time lapse snail races – Link. Time Lapse Movies on a Mac – Link.
Looking to remove low boiling organic chemicals on the cheap? Here’s how, Dylan writes – “Take a stroll through our labs and you will notice a curious number of black Crock Pots serving as water baths for the rotovaps. They cost $20 and came from Wal Mart. When I first joined I thought this was […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Sascha posted a nice collection of nixie and neon displaying electronics – Link.
Dan writes – “This project was done at K3 during a course called ID3: Senses and Sensors. When the user is drunk enough he/she can access a hidden phone book. This phone book is only available when the user is in between a specific alcohol spectra. To modify and use the phone book the user […]
Sally @ Emagazine has a handy guide on how to recycle just about anything, she writes – “Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled. No matter where you live, you can recycle a wide range of discards–aseptic juice packages, printer cartridges, ordinary batteries, iPods, PDAs, and even cell phones.” […]
