From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! John Lien describes his banana device as: The banana-rator is a “refrigerator” for bananas. Instead of removing heat, it removes the ethylene gas given off by […]
Hack food or kitchen tools and win great prizes! The Instructables Hungry Scientist Contest will be running through October 27th. Official rules are here. Yum!
In this week’s Evil Mad Scientist project, Lenore shows you how to sew a cloth lunch bag that can be carried on the frame of your bike. Bicycle Frame Lunch Bag
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr member Arne Hendricks shares this shot of his “Meatloaf Voodoo” recipe. I recall a similar experiment I tried with friends, grilling up some hand-shaped ‘burger-dogs’. Shortly thereafter I went vegetarian :/ – Meatloaf Voodoo on Flickr
This Sunday, 2 of my favorite things come together: with DIY and hot sauce combined, I turn into Homer Simpson from that episode when he eats a hot pepper. In addition to tasting home brewed hot sauce, there’s also great music throughout the day. You can enter your own sauce the morning of competition, and […]
Our pal Gerard Nebesky, a.k.a. The Paella Man, will be on Throwdown with Bobby Flay on the Food Network tonight (July 30). Gerard provides the amazing paellas for Maker Days at the Bay Area Maker Faire. World-renowned Iron Chef, Bobby Flay, shows up in Gerard’s back yard to challenge him to a paella throwdown. See […]
Evil Mad Scientists on sci-fi fruit modding: One cantaloupe, a knife, and five minutes. Your very own (and very tasty) planet-killing superweapon. “That’s no melon!”
