Confetti bomb prank
Here is a simple, dangerous, and effective prank for your co-workers. Just be careful, you could definitely shoot your eye out with this prank. There is a full step-by-step at instructables on how to build your own Confetti Bomb.
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April Fools contest
As you know, tomorrow is April 1st. So be prepared to prank and be pranked. Instructables is running a contest (through the 13th) to find the best in April Fools shenanigans. Check out the entries so far — you might find something worth torturing friends and coworkers with tomorrow. April Fools’ Speed Contest
HOW TO – Deaf dog caller collar from RC car
Instructables user arcticpenguin hacked an RC car to make a vibrating dog collar for his deaf dog and shows us how to do the same for about five dollars. The hardest part may be training your old dog to the new trick! Via the Instructables Weekend Builder.
New audio for Soviet aviation helmet
In this Instructable, the author shows how he put modern haedphones into a Soviet-era SHZ-84 flight helmet. Hacking a SHZ-84 Soviet aviation helmet
Making uber Ikea lamps
In this Instructable, the builder combines a bunch of $5 Ikea “Lampans” into larger spherical, Platonic-y lamps. Big lamps from Ikea lampan lamps
HOW TO – Make a wind powered LED out of a VCR
Charles writes in and shows you how to make a wind powered LED out of a VCR. I was inspired by all of the nonsense about the format wars lately, and after breathing a sigh of relief that the HD-DVD Blue-Ray fiasco has ended I was reminded of the VHS and Betamax war of yesteryear. […]
HOW TO – Altoids Tin Watercolors
Jean-Pierre Martineau made an instructable for making a pocket-sized watercolor set from an Altoids tin and some Fimo clay. Portable and practical!
