Developed by Royal College of Art students Becky Pilditch, Matt Johnson, Isabel Lizardi and Bibi Nelson, this non-toxic conductive ink, called “Bare Conductive,” seems like it’d be great for electronic musicians and performers of all kinds. Via Fashioning Technology.
Denney Cole, founder of TechShop Portland, wanted us to let all makers from Portland and surrounding areas know about the TechShop Portland Grand Opening, this Saturday, April 25, 2009, starting at 3:00 PM. You’ll have a chance to check out the cool tools and machines, talk with Denney, TechShop’s founder Jim Newton, and the Portland […]
Today, on EMS Labs, they run through some fun and even useful things you can do with magnets. And who doesn’t love magnets? Make almost anything (ferromagnetic) into a building set With magnets as connectors, you can build tins into anything you like. (Just be sure to get Bawls Mints, not Bawls Buzz). Extract batteries […]
The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” was also the theme […]
I found this little kitchen “hack” on Monkeybrad’s blog, the bloke who brought us the 55-gallon drum chair. Sort of an obvious use, but it had never occurred to me. I might use this in my garage. I love that method of stowing the lids on the handles, too. Putting Pots and Pans in their […]
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your workflow, […]
Mark posted this classic Devil’s Dictionary of a DIYer’s definition of tools on Dinosaurs and Robots: DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings objects across the room, denting the freshly-painted vertical stabilizer which you […]
