Tiny Helicopters
I love the You Built What?! articles in Popular Science – “A Norwegian engineer reinvented the way helicopters keep themselves stable. The result: create a radio-controlled craft that can take off from the palm of your hand” – Link.
DIY Projects
Mr. McGroovy’s cardboard rivets
Mark writes – “Mr. Mc Groovy’s sells plastic rivets for connecting cardboard boxes- has plans to make some neat kid’s playhouses, a firetruck…Rivets could be used for other materials like coroplast, etc.” – Link.
HOW TO – Make an inverted planter
Matt writes – “I have created a new separate page from my original inverted planter plans as I have devised a method for it’s construction which I find to be even easier. If you haven’t already, I recommend reading my original plans first to get a understanding of it’s purpose and function.” – Link.
HOW TO – SNES to Parallel Port
Hungry_Myst writes – “…basic steps to modify your SNES controller to connect to your computer via the parallel port.” – Link.
LEGO lie detector
Nice Make! – “You can’t get more simple than the Galvanic Skin Response GSR sensor. It is just a cut 9V LEGO motor wire and some aluminum foil wrapped around your fingers with tape. I was inspired by talks by Mindfest panelists Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich who talked about using this type of sensor.” […]
HOW TO – NeurosCAM cellphone video playback
Eliot and Buffy write – “We reviewed the Neuros MPEG-4 recorder in January. Since then, we have been finding ALL kinds for fun ways to use this amazingly versatile digital recording device. The all digital, battery powered, MPEG-4 NeurosCAM was one of those ways :-) The setup is highly portable, totally shock resistant, and lasts […]
Using the sun to sterilize water
Clever way to purify water – “Tanzanian villagers have begun using an energy-saving method to sterilise their drinking water – leaving the water under the sun. About 40 houses in Ndolela are using solar purification. Mrs Longwa says the process is simple to follow. “I fill the plastic bottles, put the lids on, then put […]