BackyardArtillery sells plans ($29) for making your own rubber band machine gun – “This beauty is a fully funcitonal machine gun with TWELVE rotating barrels and a live action trigger. Loads 12 bands per barrel for a whopping 144 rubber bands that shoot off as fast as you can turn the handle! Great fun for […]
The Yaris Works road show is happening across the country in 12 cities this month with lots of DIY events. Tonight in San Francisco is “DIY Artistic Accessories” where you’ll learn how to make custom etched glasses, cozies for iPods, cameras, sunglasses and phones. Phil and I will be there so come by after work […]
Looking to get started with microcontrollers for robotics, clocks, phone dialers, etc..? Here’s a good PIC microcontroller beginner’s guide – “Many people would like to get started with microcontrollers, but don’t know how to begin. That’s what this page is all about — how to get started. With a microcontroller you can do things that […]
CrumleyFamily has a basic how-to on making a self contained compost bin with a rotating compost chamber out of a large trash can – “Most compost bins have some basic draw-backs that make urban composting a pain: They’re expensive, they’re not portable, aerating the compost is difficult, there’s no way to separate the composted material […]
Here are some fun and simple experiments from The Independent that you *should* try at home – ” How are clouds formed? And why do oranges float? These Science Museum experiments will answer every child’s questions – and amaze adults too” – Link.
Papafork posted up more of his utensil creations in the MAKE CRAFT pool – [via] – Link. Previous: Utensil sculptures – Link.
Good (re)use of an old Palm keyboard, Jacksonharbor writes – “Palm Keyboards for the m100, III and VII models of the Palm PDA are available on the surplus market for around $20 postpaid. These keyboards are unusual in that they fold up into a compact box about the size of two Altoids tins. The Palm […]
