Origami competition (photos)
Photos from the fourth annual student origami competition at MIT – [via] Link. Related: The Scorpion (with pattern) – Link. Brian Chans Origami page- Link. Other papercraft and origami projects.
Month: March 2006
DIY Silkscreening comic
Lint writes – “There has been a few links posted to DIY silkscreening tutorials and I thought i would dig out this “How-To” comic on silkscreening that I picked up on a free comic table long ago. There was no price on it, so hopefully it is fine to post. It is informative, and quite […]
LEGO South pointing chariot
Zor0 writes – “I just finished this little project (a LEGO South pointing chariot) very fun device. After I was done i did some googling and it turns out I wasn’t the first to try it, but its still an awesome idea. The south pointing chariot was first invented by Chinese Emperor Huang Di in […]
Help save the Stanford dish antennas for citizen science
Five 60-foot dish antennas at Stanford, known as the Bracewell Observatory, are about to be demolished by the school. Bob Lash organized the Friends of the Bracewell Observatory Association to help rescue the dishes and he’s done all that he can do to persuade Stanford to stop the demolition. Yet it could happen any day, […]
The ultimate NES DVD player hack
Griffon writes – “This is an entertaining article that extensively details putting a DVD player in a NES case and making it look as close to the original NES as possible. The article even has a video of it in action! He even got the reset button of the NES to eject the tray. Really […]
How washing machines are made (video)
Here’s how Whirlpool’s #1 product, the washing machine, is made in Clyde, Ohio USA (yay!) – “The video you are about to watch takes you step-by-step on how a washing machine is made, from the seam welding, basket expansion, spiral design hole punch, the various layers of paint coating & firing, to tub support & […]
Ghana’s car hackers
Emeka from the Timbuktu Chronicles writes – “In the tradition of the developing worlds version of Make, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology students and car tinkerers from Suame Magazine and elsewhere have entered a vehicle for the Mini Baja competition.” – Link. Related: Mod Your Rod. James Bond depended on Q to trick […]