Assemble your own solar panel
This DIY video will run through the basics of chaining together polycrystalline cells and leaves the details like enclosure and such to the user.
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Bowling lane coffee table
William Stranger specializes in building furniture out of repurposed wood. I especially liked the massive coffee table whose top is a four-inch-thick slab of bowling lane. It’s part of a exhibit(?) called Second Growth: A second growth forest is one that has re-grown after it has been heavily logged or clear-cut. The installation of reclaimed […]
“You can lazzzer biodegradable plastic!”
Make biodegradable “bioplastic” out of common household ingredients, then laser-cut it with ease. [the Shapeways blog]
Vertical Drawer-Style Herb Garden
John Baichtal @ MAKE points us to this rad apartment-sized vertical herb garden. I think even I have space for this!
myPod looks like a neat pad
Need a unique spot for your studio/workshop/cave? Inside, perhaps you could get inspired to incubate your latest crazy ideas. They’re being pitched as an environmentally benign alternative to commuting and less expensive to heating a whole house for a home office. These appear to be production models with standardization of design and materials. Anybody have alternative versions we can see?
Creating an “E-Tractor”
Students at Bonham ISD High School, in Bonham, TX, are turning this old on tractor, donated to them by the Ivanhoe Christmas Tree Farm, into their Electric Vehicle Project for the 2009/2010 school year. Plans are to use the tractor in a farm tractor driving certification/safety course. Primary charging of the E-Tractor will be via […]
FabLab House: MIT cribs?
So apparently, MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms is in the housing biz. Recently they sponsored the FabLab House, a futuristic-looking concept house designed for the Solar Decathalon Europe. The FabLab House was designed as an ellipsoid structure prefabricated from wood that is formed into a rib-like structure. Although this specific house was designed for […]
