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July 13, 2006
Junkboat fleet - The Miss Rockaway Armada
The Miss Rockaway Armada is a theater group building a floating fleet of junk/recycled boats, taking then down the Mississippi holding workshops and performing along the way - "We're building this boat entirely from salvaged materials. Wood dumpstered and begged from construction sites, buckets of screws donated by kind crew members, rope found on the sidewalk, and blocks of foam from both coasts...Our engines are a work of genius (thanks Chicken and Anton!): 2 Volkswagen Rabbit diesel engines converted to run on waste vegetable oil (used fryer grease!) will power the propellor. The motors will have an alternator from a police car that'll keep our deep cell batteries charged (so we can have things like lights)." [via] - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 03:32 PM
Arts, Made On Earth, Transportation |
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Lords of the Ring - tour of CERN (video)
Seed Magazine has a video tour of the underground accelerator at CERN - "In Seed's first exclusive short film, science communicator Alom Shaha travels underground and behind the scenes to probe the cavernous Large Hadron Collider at CERN. His tour offers a glimpse into the exciting preparations afoot as the accelerator is pieced together." [via] - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 02:51 PM
Science |
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Time lapse plants
Nature footage has previews of their high def time lapse movies of plants growing, blooming and decomposing - [via] - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 01:46 PM
Imaging, Science |
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DIY $100 rotovap
Looking to remove low boiling organic chemicals on the cheap? Here's how, Dylan writes - "Take a stroll through our labs and you will notice a curious number of black Crock Pots serving as water baths for the rotovaps. They cost $20 and came from Wal Mart. When I first joined I thought this was a little ghetto-tastic, but having used the Crock Pots for a number of years now I can say they are perfectly fine. Why spend $1,000 on the fancy VWR digitally-controlled contraptions when a $20 solution works the same? Especially since we have 20-odd rotovaps, stuff like that adds up real fast." - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 11:43 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Science |
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Nixie & neon display technology
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Sascha posted a nice collection of nixie and neon displaying electronics - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 10:41 AM
Electronics |
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Alcontrol - alcohol aware phone
Dan writes - "This project was done at K3 during a course called ID3: Senses and Sensors. When the user is drunk enough he/she can access a hidden phone book. This phone book is only available when the user is in between a specific alcohol spectra. To modify and use the phone book the user have to be in that spectra as well." - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 09:47 AM
Made On Earth |
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HOW TO - Recycle practically anything
Sally @ Emagazine has a handy guide on how to recycle just about anything, she writes - "Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled. No matter where you live, you can recycle a wide range of discards--aseptic juice packages, printer cartridges, ordinary batteries, iPods, PDAs, and even cell phones." [via] - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 08:49 AM
DIY Projects |
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HOW TO - Make soap
Talbotron22 shows you how to make your own soap - "In a simple 1-step process using readily-available starting materials I show how you can make your very own soap. The soap can be cast into the shape of your choice: I have elected to make Virgin Mary Soap." Thanks Tyler! - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 07:55 AM
DIY Projects |
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AJAX Remote controlled LEGO robot
Killer AJAX is way more than the latest social networkr site! Wael writes - "For thus of you who haven't seen Virtuosity, it's about a computer program finding a way to enter the real physical world and start killing real physical people. This article describes how AJAX can be used to control a real physical Lego robot in real-time. Although my little innocent Lego car is far off from coming close to being a serial killer, it will be fascinating too see how much we will be able to control and remote control through AJAX and web technologies in a couple of years." - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 06:01 AM
Robotics |
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Liquiboost - USB charger
Here's another version of the Mintyboost USB charger from Italy complete with switch and LED - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 05:02 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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iPod heaphone earrings
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Oana sent in these "earphones" er, headphones - earrings.
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Jul 13, 2006 04:05 AM
Arts, Crafts |
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DIY Robot lock crackers
Here are a couple great robo stepper motor projects that brute force combo locks - [via] - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 03:16 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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Electrical Experimenter
Check out this mosaic of old covers from the May 1913 to July 1920's "Electrical Experimenter" - the name changed to Science and Invention in 1920. Is that the Death Star? [via] - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 02:26 AM
Retro |
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DIY Monster makeup
Max and Courtney Make Monsters shows you how to make all sorts of monster make up effects, like this alien - [via] Link.
Also check out the ghoulish photo sets - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 01:30 AM
DIY Projects, Holiday projects |
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HOW TO - Make your own movie poster
Here's how to make your own "Pirates of the Caribbean" style movie poster with a few photos and an image editing application like Photoshop or GiMP - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 12:33 AM
Arts, DIY Projects |
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July 12, 2006
DIY Airport (for that old iBook)
Mark writes - "...an iBook, even the older ones, are fine notebooks. Mine is a modest dual-USB one with 600MHz G3 and 384MB. Of course, I'd rather have a quicker model, but still, for roadtrips and websurfing it's alright. Really it is. It runs Tiger quite smooth, which was a big surprise to me actually. There's been only one downside to mine. It didn't come with an Airport-card when I bought it. Now I did pay only 225 euros for mine, which was with a dead battery and some major keyboard-repair... but still, it was a steal... Compared to that price, I really refused to pay something like 100-120 euros for a second-hand obsolete 11MBit Airport-card, simply because there's a scarcity for those cards as it seems. The price just isn't right. Soooo... I knew this 'trick' with the Lucent WaveLANs (described in this how-to)" - Link.
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Jul 12, 2006 11:45 PM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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Adverts for old electronic stuff
Mike writes - "I recently picked up a box of old copies of the UK electronics trade publication 'Electronic Engineering' from the early to mid-1950s. These contain lots of historically interesting adverts for components etc. which were the latest technology of the time, giving a different view to the sort of stuff in the more commonly found vintage hobbyist publications." - Link.
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Jul 12, 2006 10:53 PM
Retro |
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Sparkbench - old radio restoration
Sparkbench has a ton of beautiful retro radio restorations - "Vintage Radio restoration is a passion of mine. It always gives me a thrill to bring one of these relics back to like new condition. There's alot of sites dealing with real valuable old radios, but this is a site for the 'common tinkerer' with budgetary concerns who likes to have a good time refurbing and tinkering. Most of the sets on these pages cost me less than $100, many under $50." - Link. Also, check out the homebrews.
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Jul 12, 2006 09:47 PM
Retro, Wireless |
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Mario made from glass
This fellow took a picture of Mario to an artist in Mexico and one hour later he had a Mario out of glass (video) - [via] - Link.
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Jul 12, 2006 08:24 PM
Arts |
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Coin Validator - Acceptor
Ariel writes - "The sketch and the pictures I posted are of a simple mechanical coin validator - acceptor. it works on the principle that once you insert a coin through a crack that is made according to the exact size of a specific coin. the coin rolls down and fills a slot then by pulling the handle the safety hinge slides over the coin, making it possible to pull the handle all the way back and trigger the timer or any other device connected, once you release the handle the mechanism returns to it's original position. this coin Validator is based on similar one I found in a Mexican Footbal machine" - Link.
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Jul 12, 2006 07:48 PM
How it's made |
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