Pallet-based compost bin
Here’s what you need to know to make a quick, very serviceable compost bin out of four wooden shipping pallets. Pallet Compost Bin
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Ard-e: Wall-E V. 0.001?
An Arduino, model bulldozer, servos, and sensors can be hacked together to make a sub-$100 robotics platform, appropriately named Ard-e. While certainly nowhere near as fancy as this Wall-E replica, the price is right and the Arduino’s got a huge body of pre-existing code for working with sensors that the aspiring roboticist can build upon. […]
Independence Day – make some noise!
Our city prohibits street fireworks within the city limits (though you couldn’t tell from the noise on 4th of July night!). We’re going to contribute our own safe, legal noises this year with some Really Obnoxious Noise Makers from this Instructable.
Skateboard windsurfer
Here’s a how-to on building a lugsail land surfer that has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with steampunk. Steampunk Lugsail Land Windsurfer
LED matrix with shift registers
This Instructable, for building an 8×8 LED matrix display, is also a good introduction to the use of shift registers. LED matrix using shift registers Related: Video: Dave Clausen and his LED oscilloscope project
Digital 3D Picture Viewer – “The DigiStereopticon”
This instructable shows you how to combines an LCD photo frame, stereo photo viewer, and a little woodworking to create a “DigiStereopticon” viewer. Cool combo of old and new tech – Stereoscopic photography has fallen out of favor. This is probably due to the fact that people don’t like having to wear special glasses to […]
