Last week, our guests on Make: Talk were Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne of Homegrown Evolution. We talked to them about their book, Urban Homestead (Process Media), their blog, and their urban farming efforts. A couple of good points were made: that you don’t have to do urban “homesteading” with any sort of crunchy-granola political […]
Building on the original MintyBoost USB charger kit, this Instructables how-to will walk you through the steps of adding a Lithium Polymer battery pack and small solar cell. The extra capacity and added convenience of solar make this modification a must have for off-grid mobility.
Our ol’ Make: Online compadre Jonah Brucker-Cohen put together this event with Dorkbot Paris last April on the occasion of the Gakona exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo. [Sent to us by David Steinberg of Dorkbot Paris] Palais de Tokyo : the Scrapyard Challenge Scarpyard Challenge
At a workshop on Lighting Africa at last year’s Solarfest, the argument for renewable low voltage lighting made an impression on me. One of the slides really stuck with me, showing how people adopted cell phones in Kenya, demonstrating that if a new technology becomes obviously essential, people will adopt it in huge crowds. Lighting […]
Almost 20 years ago, I moved into an apartment with electric heat. The landlord said that he would cut the rent during the winter months because it would be so expensive to keep the place going. When the electric bill arrived, I looked at all the fine print on it and noticed on the back […]
Red Bird Crafts shares how to make this sweet, simple hanging basket from items scavenged from her recycle bin.
Horno de leña TeaLED: LED + batería + cajita + switch Notas MIDI con el Arduino Open Sorce Orchestra Campos eólicos de CFE
