Thanks to recent scientific advances, you can buy conductive inks in the form of pens, paints, and even printer cartridges, but have you ever wondered if you could make your own?
Crunch! This deliciously snappy, yet fudgy chocolate dip is surprisingly simple to make, and it's even better than store-bought. All you need is gourmet dark chocolate, coconut oil, and a little sweetener. The secret is the saturated fat in the coconut oil, which hardens when chilled.
I always try to find ways to reuse the parts from my old electronics. I had a couple of old keyboards lying around, so I decided to use the keys to make alphabet refrigerator magnets.
Organize your spices in a periodic table (by botanical taxonomy) to maximize potential for clear, scientific, delicious seasoning.
Ouija Be Mine? Here’s an animated pop-up Valentine's card you can make in a few minutes. When you slowly open the card, a hand sweeps across and moves the heart-shaped planchette over the Ouija board, spelling out the message: “HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!” It’s both mysterious and romantic, perfect for any secret admirer to make and send.
How you can use a Joule Thief to charge batteries with low-voltage power sources.
Here’s a little project that we’ve been working on for a long time: a custom-painted leather flight jacket featuring the “Classic Lego Space” logo. If you’ve ever wanted to make your own painted leather jacket — whatever the theme — here’s how to do it.
Fabricate an incredibly small and capable vibrobot using a handful of components.
What do you do with coffee filters after you brew your coffee?
Just for fun, I designed my own variation of a treasure hunt game
Ever wanted to visualize your brain activity? Electroencephalography (EEG) uses electrodes placed against the scalp to detect the tiny electrical changes that occur when neurons fire. By amplifying these signals through a computer, you can observe brain activity in real-time.
It's really easy to program AVR microcontroller chips — but some of them don't fit the standard Atmel programmer. You need an adapter to connect the Atmel ISPMKII programmer to an ATtiny24 microcontroller Dual Inline Package (DIP) chip — and you can easily make this adapter with just a few components. Here's how.
