Collapsible hoops
My friend Michelle has been hooping, and sent me this link to instructions for making your own hoops, including a collapsible version with bungee cord inside.
Kids & Family
HOW TO – Valentine Pretzels
Maya Made shares the recipe and instructions for making these cute heart-shaped pretzels. This is a great project to do with kids!
HOW TO – Toy Terrarium
Plum Pudding shows us how to use an old shoebox to create a toy terrarium, full of magazine photo cutouts, twigs and rocks.
Make lenses from Jell-O
The Optical Society of America has a very cool site about the science of light. I found instructions for making lenses from Jell-O and ice, with a great explanation of how lenses work.
1914 Cyclopedia of 5,000 Puzzles…By Sam Loyd
I was looking through the old catalogs photostream that Evil Mad Scientist linked to recently, and found this very cool book of puzzles from 1914.
LEGO Swimming Pool Insect Terminator (SPIT)
Bluetoothkiwi documents his LEGO Mindstorms Swimming Pool Insect Terminator (SPIT) – it’s a great example of the process of problem-solving. Swimming Pool Insect Terminator (SPIT) is a special self powered autonamous floating robot that locates and destroys small clusters of bugs that float on the top of swimming pools. We used LEGO MINDSTORMS to build […]
Powers of 10 by Charles and Ray Eames
Charles and Ray Eames were incredibly influential American designers – one of their most famous projects was a short film called Powers of 10. It was produced in 1977 and I was a little surprised to find that it’s still amazing to watch. It’s available for viewing on the Powers of 10 site – you […]