NASA – Steve Robinson: First Podcaster From Space
No matter what you think of podcasts, this is really cool. One day before landing, STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson transmitted the first podcast from space. Link.
Month: August 2005
HOW TO make a CD/DVD printer
Here’s how to make a CD/DVD printer from a cheap $35 printer found at Walmart. Looks a little tricky to construct, but the results look great. Link.
The Night Lighter – Spud Gun FREE PDF
Launch potato projectiles 200+ yards with this stun-gun triggered, high-powered potato cannon with see-thru action. (Good thing potatoes are biodegradable.) Here’s a PDF from MAKE volume 03. To get our PDFs sent to you automatically (and you have iTunes) Click this link and click SUBSCRIBE.
DIY Plasma globe
Do it yourslef plasma globe. The circuit in my homemade unit has driven a homemade globe quite well. It has also driven a store-bought globe extremely well. Add to the list Neon bulbs (I get trails in candle-flicker bulbs and calculator displays.), florescent tubes, Xenon flash tubes, and even normal light bulbs, etc. [via] PDF Link.
HOW TO Dell-logo case mod…
This is a great mod, who knew DELL could look so cool. In the world of modding OEM computers are something ugly. They aren’t the easiest to mod and the fact that thousand of people have an exactly same computer doesn’t make them more unique. But an experienced modder like me doesn’t get scared of those facts. Where people see impossibility I see a challenge. [via] Link.
Teen forced to close fair booth – for Marshmallow shooter!!
Ben Bustard, 17, of Bucksport dismantles his Marshmallow Shooters booth Tuesday at the Bangor State Fair after he was informed that the cost of $1 million of liability insurance was more than he initially budgeted for. Bustard was selling Marshmallow Shooters, a type of blowgun made from PVC pipe that shoots small marshmallows, similar to the way a cork flies out of the end of a popgun. We have the HOW TO in MAKE volume 02. Link.
