Posts Tagged ‘diy’
Valveās handheld game console is easy to take apart for repairs and upgrades. Swapping in a higher capacity solid-state drive lets you play more of those ridiculously large PC games on the go. ...
Adam Savage built an impressive replica of Tony Stark's Iron Man suit. It's fashioned from titanium which delights Adam to no end. Is it bulletproof though?
"If it is," Adam says, "well, then it has crossed that divide from costume to real armor." &... ...
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger grew tired of waiting for the Los Angeles Department of Public Works to repair a large pothole on his street, so he bought packages of asphalt and filled the hole himself.
"Today, after the whole neig... ...
If you have some extra space in your backyard, why not build a DIY roller coaster? That was this dad's line of thought when he decided that a rollercoaster would be way more exciting for his kids than a swimming pool, so he went ahead and built i... ...
Today I got a message from my friend and former Make: colleague, Matt Stultz. Matt now works for Prusa Research, the award-winning Czech 3D printer company created by force-of-nature, Josef Prusa. Matt forwarded me this tweet from Josef:
#goodnews Did you know you can make your own sanitizing products eg. ...
Since the latest coronavirus broke cover and started scaring the bejaysus out of everyone, you may have noticed that the supplies that folks think they’ll need in the event of a pandemic are becoming hard to find.
I'm paranoid about potential pandemics, but I come by it honestly enough.
In my old life, I worked in law ...
My daughter loves the flip sequin shirts that are all the rage for kids these days. Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi's daughter digs them too and she inspired his fantastic Sequino clock that "writes and rewrites" the time by flipping the sequins. Kalsi posted his build notes over at Hackaday.
Sequino: A Clock Which Rewrites Time Again ...
This is a really cool homebuilt arcade game project.
“My hobby is designing and building unique arcade games from scratch,” says IMGURian @builtbyblatt.
“This is The Blatt Box.”
This is Speed mode. You have 45 seconds to score as many points as possible by stopping two lights in circular motion when they meet at a ...
I love old paperbacks, especially their great hand-lettered titles. I grabbed a few from my shelf to show you what I mean:
Not many books feature hand-lettering, but there are still a number of people who keep the tradition alive. Ivan Castro, a graphic designer in Barcelona, Spain, is one such craftsman. He teaches lettering in ...
IEEE Spectrum's David Schneider participates in Quaker meetings where there are many elderly people who, even though they are wearing hearing aids, have a hard time catching comments from others around the room. One common solution to this problem is to provide headphones with FM receivers to pick up the sounds of the microphones. That ...