I dig this Cadillac Dystopic Lamp by Instructables user PopEye42, which does something I’ve been meaning to try myself for a long time–using cut 1L Perrier bottles as lampshades. I also like that the dimmer switch has a hose valve handle on it.
Nick Thatcher’s compact coilgun uses a coil of copper wire along the barrel to launch its projectile. It’s powered by 15 photoflash capacitors juiced up by 2 AAAs. Of course the power of this gun is very much in question, the super dark video on the site doesn’t show a whole lot. It appears, however, […]
Conference-goers had fun building tiny robots and high-tech graffiti at the TEDActive event in Palm Springs this year, thanks to Newegg and the Maker Shed. The annual get-together of big thinkers had a “lab” area where conference attendees built bristlebots, LED throwies, and RGB LED origami lamps.
The folks over at Geek Squad produced this helpful infographic describing a rescue method that might help save your phone if you accidentally dunk it in water.
I haven’t verified that last bit for myself, but I did spend a long time googling around yesterday afternoon and satisfied myself that these FSC folks are on the level. That’s their “tree with a check mark” seal in the photo, above. Now I know what to look for. And so do you. [Thanks, Hank!]
Instructables user zieak upcycled some discarded keyboard circuit sheets into this attractively geeky document folder for his wife.
Josh at imsolidstate came across an extra battery charger, so he decided to turn it into a spot welder.
