How-To: Fiber optic star ceiling
Mike Galloway made this star field ceiling, rad!
DIY Projects
How-To: DIY Ladderball
I recently had the pleasure of playing a family game of ladderball (aka bolo toss, ladder golf) using some basic homebrew hardware, and can say firsthand – it’s good times! For those unfamiliar with the backyard sport: players throw golfball/nylon-rope bolos in attempt to hang them on a simple PVC ladder structure. It’s a surprisingly […]
Junkbot student videos
As a summation assignment for the CD scrounging, battery pack and junkbot project, students made videos showing their junkbot. In the videos, which were made on whatever equipment they had available to them, they were to show the ‘bot, explain what they did to make it and explain a bit about how it works. Part of the project was a writing assignment had them write about their Junkbot and tell about what they learned in the project. Not all of the students put the videos online, instead emailing them in. Having the videos online definitely creates a better, more lasting record.
How-To: Copy stand on the cheap
Check out the tutorial for this easy and cheap copy stand.
1W TV-B-Gone in a flashlight
Here’s the translation of a page about a DIY TV-B-Gone inside a flashlight/torch, looks great! [via adafruit]
How-To: Autonomous mobile pumpkin (AMP)
OK, so I made up that name. Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories calls it a “Rovin’ Pumpkin,” which is a perfectly respectable moniker. But it’s never going to score a juicy government defense contract for this technology, the military applications of which, I should think, are obvious. [Thanks, Becky!]
LED dog collar with keyboard keys
With the days getting darker earlier, I’ve been on the search for collar visibility options for my canine companion. Instructables user sheepishlion posted a clever DIY for making an LED dog collar with the extra bling of old keyboard keys. They used the keys to spell out the dog’s name, along with the “return” and […]