Water-to-Wine Cooler
Our sacrilegious illusion converts water into flowing red wine.
Posted by Pierre Micheal and Robert Kaye
Categories: Food & Beverage, Hacks, Home | 5 Comments
Wire strippers Projects
Automated Fan Speed Controller
When our house was built, I put a server room next to my office. Unfortunately, it had only a small bathroom-style fan with a 4″ duct leading outside, and during...
Posted by Bill Olson
Categories: Home, Computers & Mobile, Workshop | 1 Comment
Monkeysailor’s Photo Lab
Make your own Arduino-controlled color film processor.
Posted by Andrew Lewis
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design, Photography & Video | 2 Comments
Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm
Create high-voltage sparks using nothing more than falling water as the source of energy.
Posted by Matthew Gryczan
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
Fetch-O-Matic
Several years ago I watched a viral YouTube video that starred Jerry the Dachshund, whose engineer owner had built him his very own automated ball launcher. I had two dogs...
Posted by Dean Segovis
Categories: Woodworking, Fun & Games | 6 Comments
Bacteria Battery
Microbial fuel cells generate electricity from "metal-breathing" bacteria in ordinary mud.
Posted by Ashley Franks
Categories: Electronics, Science | 3 Comments
Simple Van de Graaff Generator
When I was younger, I spent hours perusing Bill Beaty’s electrostatics web pages. At the time, I didn’t achieve any real successes trying to build his high-voltage contraptions, and so...
Posted by Adam Wolf
Categories: Science | 6 Comments
Talking Booby Trap
Having trouble with people snatching your top-secret stuff? Need help getting some privacy? Here’s a sneaky gizmo you can make to keep those snoops away. It’s a Talking Booby Trap:...
Posted by Bob Knetzger
Categories: Fun & Games, Electronics | No Comments
Space Invaders Tote
The Space Invaders are sensitive to the electromagnetic waves of mobile phones. When in close proximity to a mobile phone, the Space Invader is energized by an incoming call and...
Posted by Syuzi Pakhchyan
Categories: Electronics, Sewing | No Comments
Rocket-Launched Camcorder
Hack a $30, single-use camcorder to make it reusable, then launch it up in a model rocket and capture thrilling astronaut’s-view footage of high-speed neighborhood escape and re-entry. You can...
Posted by John Maushammer
Categories: Fun & Games, Photography & Video | No Comments
Pillow Music
If tunes are your sleeping pills, and you can’t dream without a soundtrack, now you can get cozy and fall asleep with your Pillow Music. Pillow Music was born from...
Posted by Mouna Andraos
Categories: Craft, Music, Sewing | No Comments
Beating Heart Pendant
While reading through Charles Platt’s excellent book Make: Electronics, I came across this nice little circuit for making a gentle pulsing LED. I was struck by the “humanness” of the...
Posted by Quinn Dunki
Categories: Electronics | No Comments
