[Image from Inventaholic] Perry Kaye is a great inventor I met at Maker Faire Austin in 2007. Recently, we have had several conversations about the process for bringing a product to market. He has set up a site around the idea of inventing for regular people. Invention is not always about money. For many of […]
An enjoyble clip from Fuzz: The Sound that Revolutionized the World where Beck bassist Jason Meldal-Johnsen extolls the virtues of sonic chaos intercut with critics of the circuit bent sound. The documentary features countless interviews with boutique pedal makers that started as humble DIY-ers. The above clip also features a peek into the casual labs […]
Core77 has a neat walkthough of the process required to make bi-metallic coins; how interesting! I agree with the author, I think the mistakes are possibly even more attractive than the originals!
Photo from Petmar0 on Flickr Pete responded in the comments to the the call for designs in the Rural Celly Charger article on Saturday. How about connecting a joule-thief circuit (DC-DC upconverter) to a cap on one side and a small solar cell (like the ones in calculators) on the other? You pull off of […]
Photo from The Boston Globe While working at a local shop, Earl Cogswell, jr. saw the need for people to have a clean, secure way to store their propane tanks during transit to and from the filling stations. As he filled up tanks for people, he could see that often women were jamming the tank […]
Brian says of CarBibles.com This is a cool site with all kinds of good car info Indeed, There are lots of tips on improving your vehicle’s operation. Some highlights: Fuel efficiency You go biking or skiing at the weekends. Great. When you’re commuting to work, that empty roof rack is adding aerodynamic drag to your […]
Instructables Member GTIG has a well documented Instructable on creating a tactile Rubik’s cube. This cube brings a unique characteristic to solving a Rubik’s cube that no other cube does… the ability to say “I solved it without even looking at it once.” Rather than building hand-eye coordination, it builds hand-mind coordination. I find that […]
