DIY Projects

HOW TO – Make a homemade solar water heater

Screenshot 02-1Weber decided to start construction of his house by building a homemade solar water heater… “It took a lot of time and sifting, but I was finally able to devise a simple and inexpensive water warmer that I knew “us regular folks” would be able to build. In fact, my design involves only three steps: First, build a glass-covered wood “hot box” to catch the sun’s heat. Second, install a manifold of copper water pipes–inside this collector box–so the gathered warmth will heat water. Third, hook the outlets from the manifold to a storage tank (this container should be set above the heat collector) so the thermosiphon principle will move water from the collector to the tank.” Thanks Star! Link.

DIY PSP Stand

DIY PSP Stand

87090067 313Ec87C19 MUsing some plastic and a toaster you can make your own PSP stand, JavaMoose writes “I decided to make a simple little stand for the PSP. Handy when watching videos, and it lets me have it connected to external speakers and the charger – while on the stand. It is very simple to make, and only cost me about 20 minutes and 25 cents worth of plastic.” [via] Link.

HOW TO – Stretch a canvas…

HOW TO – Stretch a canvas…

Stretching 011 ThumbQuick and easy how to on Apartment therapy “Stretching a canvas is easy. You take four planks of wood, make a rectangle and pull the canvas over it. (Or pay framing stores a lot of money to do it for you…). Before you get frustrated starting from scratch get ready made heavy duty stretcher bars (best & cheapest:Utrecht Art Supplies). Their ends fit together so precisely that you don´t need glue or nails. Asembly time for the perfect rectangle: 60 seconds.” [via] Link.

The Posterity Eradicator and a DIY heart monitor…

The Posterity Eradicator and a DIY heart monitor…

FoilGThing has some interesting photos on Flickr, the first is a homemade ECG that appears to send signals through a keyboard. Next up, the Posterity Eradicator, a unique device that will ensure years of trouble free non-reproduction. It’s cell phone that directs the harmless/ful radiation directly at your lap or skull, depending on how you wear it. There’s also a cigar box guitar and retro phone headset if you poke around too, neat stuff! Link. You can view more about all the projects here.

Sploitcast – Emulating magnetic cards…

Sploitcast – Emulating magnetic cards…

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New Splotcast, good stuff – “We were lucky enough to be joined by Ab3nd. He spoke at Shmoocon 2006, explaining the principals of magnetic card emulation. We loved his presentation so much that we asked him to join SploitCast, and much to our delight he accepted our invitation. SploitCast episode #004 focuses around the dangers of magnetic cards, the methods for emulating them, and their future. We discuss very lightly the topic of RFID as an alternative to the problems created by magnetic cards in such things as credit cards. The speakers in this episode are the wonderful ab3nd, Harrison Holland, and Kim Holland.” Link. In MAKE 01 we show you how to make your own mag stripe reader