Don’t let that dead laptop battery ruin your life. Repacking a old ibook battery with new cells is a easy operation. Within 10 minutes and $30 you can have a battery that lasts twice as long as the original. Here’s the video, complete with catchy soundtrack: Of course, exercise due caution when making your own […]
Beavis Audio Research brings us the Fuzzlab, an fusion of 4 classic DIY guitar distortion circuits into one hefty tweakable unit. The construction was a very long and educational process – Now that all is said and done, I learned a great many things from this project. I made a large number of mistakes and […]
Steve writes in – Serv O’Beer is a project showing you step by step how to turn a bottle of beer using Construx, servo, and an ioBridge module. The system uses the accelerometer feedback to turn the servo controlling the position of the bottle. Enjoy the perfect pour while taking out all of the physically […]
Santa Cruz, CA has its very own DIY parade tonight. Several years ago, when the town’s First Night organization could not raise the funds for a formal celebration, this DIY parade emerged as its replacement. Now, the annual New Year’s Eve, Do-It-Yourself Parade has become a regular affair in its own right, inspiring school girls […]
Super cute! Make a little chair out of a champagne cork holder via Lifehacker. Dot writes- This is a fun and easy thing to do with those little wire pieces that hold in a champagne cork. And with New Years Eve coming up, you know we’ll have a few of those lying around! The resulting […]
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories – Cheap Perpetual Calendar… A quick, handy, geeky, and seriously inexpensive perpetual calendar for your desk.Got 12 cents and a scrap of cardboard? You’re good to go! Cut twelve slits, stick in your pennies, and… here it is, all built…
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Tremble at the feet of Rusty Sheriff’s mighty “555 astable tone generator with tuned keys” – sporting a big ol’ 8″ woofer and a laser-cut case. No performance samples to be found but the name/design alone is satisfying enough – Rusty Growler Please, share pics of your awesome works in […]
