Tool Review: Klein Kurve Wire Stripper
Klein’s Kurve wire strippers are comfortable to use and can cleanly strip the thin wires we use in small electronics and Arduino projects.
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Industrial Strength Altoids Tins
These apparently sold out fast, and the price is no longer listed, but a little bird told me they were going for $25. A really great idea, for when you’re done prototyping and ready to launch your mint-tin project out of a cannon, into high orbit, to the bottom of a lake, whatever
Video of “Sugru Dads”
Sugru’s “There’s Method to the Dadness” video of how dads use Sugru silicone rubber repair material.
Meet 5 Basic Survival Needs with a Busted Cellphone
The Art of Manliness has a post up about dismantling a broken cellphone in order to mine it for useful components that can keep you alive after you get stranded in the middle of nowhere. Tools include a compass out of magnet paired with ferrous metal wire, a survival signal mirror out of a layer of screen, and a small-game snare out of headphone wire. But my favorite is the arrowhead spear made from a circuit board.
“The Curiosity is There:” Interview with Vincent Lai from the Fixers Collective
Vincent Lai from the Fixers Collective talks with MAKE about material literacy and competency mending, tinkering, and fixing broken objects in our lives!
Tool Review: Whitelines Squared Notebook
Whitelines is a paper design that features white grid lines on a light grey paper to make your designs and drawings stand out better than on traditional dark-lined graph paper.
DIY Street View Kit
Have you ever wanted your very own Street View camera to capture the places not yet covered by Google Maps? With this DIY Street View Kit from German designer Jan Martin, you can now map your favorite walking trail, camp site, or remote location. The kit can be mounted on a car or worn as a backpack and comes with a custom image processing server and player software.