Posted in Diy on Dec 14th, 2009
Something we take for granted in the US is a constant flow of hot water into our homes. Missionary Jake sets up a inventive thermosyphon solar hot water heater in remote Brazil. This kind of system comes in handy, especially if you have 5000 watt electric shower heater, 5000 watts! That’s like five of those [...]
Posted in Diy, Programming, Videos on Oct 31st, 2009
In light of Halloween today, here is a bit of mischief you can do to your close friends and family members. You can download the flash executable here.
Posted in Diy, Experimental, Videos on Oct 15th, 2009
This cleaver collage student rigged up his dorm door to unlock and lock with a simple automotive style Key Fob.
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Posted in Diy, Experimental, Videos on Oct 12th, 2009
Weed Wacker + Bicycle = Assume leg chewing machine
How to build a weedeater motorized bicycle by Davids Farm.
Kip Kay is serious about waking up on time. He adds some automotive style driven horns to his cheap old alarm clock. The results a alarm clock from hell.
Great little tutorial about interfacing the Arduino microcomputer to a Memsic 2125 Accelerometer. Calculating g-forces you can detect tilt, acceleration, rotation, and vibration.
Posted in Diy, Experimental, Robots, Tools and Equipment, Videos on Nov 13th, 2008
This incredible little 6 leg walking CNC Router demonstrates by carving a little head out of foam. For the details on the Robot check out this forum post.
Don’t you love how you could do all those things your mother warned you about in the name of science. Heres video of the DIY Flamethrower by Everett Bradford on Youtube
The Pyro System is my final project for a mechanisms class in the spring of 2008. It gives me the power that the X-Men character [...]
Posted in Diy on May 8th, 2008
It’s a flying flapping machine powered by a rubber band. Make your own for about $10.
Posted in Diy, Experimental, Videos on Mar 30th, 2008
