I love this idea and think it’s a great use of the web. On the Make: Talk episode with Erik and Kelly of Homegrown Evolution, we were talking about the fact that, frequently, too many people in a neighborhood have too many of the same vegetables in their garden (e.g. everybody has tomatoes and basil). […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Eschlaep shares details on building a 2-axis joystick from scavenged VCR and computer mouse parts – Well, the other day I found another idler wheel from the same VCR, and I decided to share the construction technique so that you can make one too. It’s pretty simple and takes an […]
MAKE Contributing Editor Bill Gurstelle appears to be having a blast guest blogging on Boing Boing. I can’t keep up with all of his post, he’s so prolific. The first image above is from a post on a tree grown into a garden chair. I’ve always been fascinated by pleaching and other forms of shaping […]
This silly fella (in a good way) turned his mortarboard into a diorama of renewable energy, with a solar panel, a windmill, and a sun that rises and sets (waves) via his cellphone. Green Graduation Cap
Rutland Copper Gutter Supply has an entry on their blog (and a link to a Martha Stewart how-to) on using copper box gutters to create a hanging garden. This is an interesting follow-up to our earlier post of installing gutters on the outside walls of your house as a gardening option. Gutter Garden – Copper […]
MAKE contributor Mikey Sklar has posted a how-to on Voltaic about using the solar power company’s 15-watt panel to charge a 12v battery, for use in camping, festivals, powering personal electronics, etc. Charge Car Batteries with a Voltaic 15 Watt panel
In my previous post, I presented some background on the green building where the SPARK Project #1 is being installed, and I discussed the basic signals that need to be measured for the project. In order to create inputs into my smart home dashboard, I need to measure temperature and humidity, both indoors and out, […]
