Popular Science’s How 2.0 has a round up of Theodore Gray’s articles from the past 3 years, tons and tons of experiments and how-tos – ” Ever yearn to make your own silicon? Preserve a snowflake on a microscope slide? Fuel a rocket ship with sugar? Theodore Gray undertakes these and many more mind-bending projects […]
Pellepeloton writes – “I have repaired a quite a few faulty remote controls and most often they are repairable. Common faults are: some buttons not working, not working at all, corroded battery terminals. Often buttons are sticky because of some dirt accumulated over the years from the sticky little hands of your kids? The hardest […]
John Bean writes – “Take a look at two new presentations on our website. The common theme is that there is lot more going on than meets the eye. With the Van de Graaff generator, the expected electronic circuits are all missing and it instead depends on differences between materials . . . along with […]
Here’s a video of pyrolytic graphite levitating (diamagnetic levitation) over 4 12mm neodymium magnets – I have the magnets, just need to find some pyrolytic graphite, anyone know a good source? – [via] Link.
Ryan writes – “I have always wanted to put a Macintosh-based computer into my DeLorean. Today, you can read about how I made that a reality. This project involved more than just a carputer. This is the merging of an automotive environment and a computing environment. This creates a portable office in your DeLorean. Not […]
Charles sent in some tips on pulling out nails, the sponge trick is nice – Link. The rest of the site has a lot of good home building tips/info if you’re in to that sort of thing.
Danny sent in his DIY Fiber optic star ceiling and started to document how it was made – “If you are thinking about installing a fiber optic sky ceiling you really need to plan for it, otherwise, you will have a difficult time making it look good. During construction I placed 4” conduit from where […]
