How to make cheap wine taste like a fine vintage… Maybe a DIY project, I see no problems with electrified wine from China, really… They pumped the wine through a pipe that ran between two titanium electrodes, fed with a mains-frequency alternating supply boosted to a higher voltage. For the test wine, the team selected […]
Wow, this video of the “Multiple Kill Vehicle Test” is crazy, it’s some type of weapon from Lockheed Martin and it’s scary. That said, what an amazing project and precision rocketry…
Here’s an interesting article on Nanowerk about coating cotton yarn in carbon nanotubes (CNT) to make it conductive. While still a ways off from DIY use, this is an intriguing step forward for wearables! Looks like they could learn a thing or two about making a sewable LED, though. (Thanks, Sean!) From the Maker Shed: […]
Two videos! Print out a shot glass & an iPhone case… Print out a shot glass… And… …print out an iPhone case.
On O’Reilly Radar, Joshua-Michele Ross has an interview with the always-original and thought-provoking Kevin Kelly. The discussion covers various topics related to biology, technology, and net-connected culture. As Josh says: This last section (at 7mins 30 secs) is the deepest and most provocative. Kevin assumes the point of view of technology to assess its needs […]
News from the Future! Mankind’s new best friend? – Giant trained rats… Reviled as vermin through the ages, rats are becoming unlikely soldiers in the struggle against two scourges of the developing world: land mines and tuberculosis. In Mozambique, special squads of raccoon-size rats are sniffing out lethal explosive devices buried across the countryside, remnants […]
The craze for urban poultry farming… I know Mark has chickens, and so does Dale, maybe there is something to this… For Brooklyn real-estate agent Maria Mackin, the obsession started five years ago, on a trip to Pennsylvania Amish country. She, her husband and three children—now 17, 13 and 11—sat down for brunch at a […]
