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This heat activated color changing paint looks like it would be a lot of fun for projects, a tub/shower that changes color based on temperature is awesome – “Eclipse is a single event heat reactive basecoat that changes from Black to White or from Blue to White. Eclipse can be sprayed through any standard paint […]
Jack sent in his woodworking project books for kids, he writes – “I’ve used BUILDER BOARDS, which are like giant notched popsicle sticks kids use to make their own playhouse, for over ten years and they are finally catching on at children’s musems. My book gives plans on how to make them. WOODSHOP FOR KIDS […]
TangMu writes “Recycle your used drinks cans into potential fire hazards!! A modern take on the paper lantern… now even shinier” – You will need: Any size or shape of drinks can (Preferably unopened as of yet as we need the flat top to balance the tea light on) Something to put said contents of […]
Here’s a fun Instructable on how to make dixie cup spherical dodecahedrons – “The Dixiesphere is composed of twenty spherical-hexagonal 7-cup modular units, which you will construct first. Each hexagonal modular unit consists of seven cups hot-glued together such that one central cup is surrounded tangentially by six more cups. (The spaces between cups will […]
Here’s a project/circuit that will turn on/off a doorbell for 10 hours each day, it was created so one person could sleep during the day and not wake up because of door-to-door solicitors ringing the bell. [via] – Link.
Sensational Nightingale’s writes – “$5 homemade bracket for mounting xm radio. My wife’s dashboard doesn’t have a single flat surface for mounting with double-sided tape. The radio manual recommends buying an aftermarket bracket: I found one for $40, but could not bear to pay so much for a little piece of metal. I bought a […]
