There is an endless supply of Star Wards how-tos on the web, it’s pretty awesome… – “Welcome to the Definitve Guide to making your very own FULL METAL Blaster Rifle replica as seen in the Star Wars movies. The parts that went into making this prop came directly from the local hardware store and local […]
Artist Halli Civelek made this fun paper robot-like toy, he’s given us permission to post the PDF, so you can make your own too! [via] – Link. Click here to download the PDF, or get this PDF and many others including our audio and video via iTunes (RSS 2.0 feed).
Design News has its latest “Gadget Freak” – this one is a motion detection system that will turn on a sprinkler to scare off cats, varmints (and others) off your yard… Hap writes – “I had a problem with cats (and other small animals, armadillos, etc) getting into our flower beds and causing “undue stress” […]
John writes – ” Some time after reading “A Powerful New Light Source for Ultraviolet Detection of Scorpions in the Field” I decided to build my own scorpion detection device instead of buying an uv flashlight. I ordered fifty 5 mm UV LEDs (light emitting diodes) at the website of LSDiodes.” Thanks Paul! – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Sndrewminchew posted these really neat paper plate icosohedrons (like the ones from our MAKE weekend project!) – Link. Related: Weekend Projects – Picnic Geometry Instructions – Link.
Popular Science 1947 looks back at science from 1872… – “IN 1872, the year Popular Science Monthly was founded, Thomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell were 25 years old. Edison had already improved the telegraph and was experimenting, in his Newark laboratory, with other uses for electricity. Bell was teaching phonetics for deaf pupils […]
Beginning November 1st and running through November 30th, 2006, fans of indie art, crafts and other handmade gifts listen up – here’s your chance to both support New Orleans artists/crafters/business AND have a chance to win fabulous handmade prizes at the same time. Avoid the crowds at the mall, save on gasoline, and give unique […]
