Ferrofluids

Making your own Ferrofluids


12x12 pixel display - snake video

cable drawings

Learn CSS....

just because

PIR + motor + hose

=brilliant

Mini Gardens

Winter Skill Courses

http://www.highlandguides.com

http://www.alphamountaineering.co.uk/

http://www.mountainplan.com/

http://www.ecossemountains.co.uk/

http://www.abacusmountaineering.com/

http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/course/scottish.html

http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/winter-mountain-courses.asp

http://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/

http://www.sandypaterson.co.uk

http://www.mountainplan.com/

http://www.snowdonia-adventures.co.uk/index.html

http://www.focusmountaineering.com

http://www.pyb.co.uk/courses/alpine.php

http://www.climbmts.co.uk

http://www.scotmountain.co.uk

Chain Clock

brilliant. bloody brilliant.

nixie tube alarm clock

Maker shed hae released a nice kit nixie tube alarm clock - looks very nice indeed, but at $70 seems a little pricy.

VFDs can be picked up pretty cheap - ebay has similar items for £5 or so...

Teacup Stirling engine!

Available in a kit for £85... bit much, but looks loooovely.

EDIT: £70 on ebay :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine

Big head

using the lovely papakura and a ton of texturing - brilliant project

homebrew ebook readers

http://rossum.posterous.com/avr-homebrew-device-with-iphone-aspirations


[hack a day]

mmm.... so minimalist its mental.

Handlebar mount

My new LED torch showed up yesterday, faster than i expected from Hong Kong (hurrah for cheap electronics!).

After buying some rechargeable AAAs for it I need to work out a way of mounting it to my bars...

this one looks good - using old inner tubes to create tension

pocket wikipedia

Man that looks very cool indeed... gotta be homebrewable...
will look into it

LED pocket watch

This looks sparkey and nice.. but far too fiddlely!

Quick masks from masks

foot retention

Have just stuck on a pair of toe clips for the first time, but dismayed at how weak they feel...

Quite a few homebrew type options out there...

Home made double straps


Jols gurney jobs


feetbelts look like a poor man's Powergrips

ICING CUPCAKES!!!

Daft Punk Costumes

ELwire is brilliant :)



Perhaps on a smaller scale, this could be integrated onto a messenger bag, one big spiral, blinking with an arduino?

Bike Lights

Summer is over folks, its getting dark out there....

big silly light project?


Seriously... look at that thing.. 1600 lumens of mental! the heatsink alone must weigh a ton!

Awsome form facor NES Emulator

Frekin sweet.

NES emulator, 4GB media player, FM radio, TV out. totally sick.



Reminds me of when I thought about mashing-up a nes controller with a mp3 player some time ago.. will have to look in the parts bin and see if i still have the bits..

how to

Messenger Bags

Not that im a Fixie Hipster or anything... but I could really do with a bigger messenger /shoulder strap type bag. I've got a small one that I use regularly that I picked up from TKMAX years ago. However, its absolutely tiny; it must be 15 litres at the most and really can't fit much in it. When I take my climbing gear with me to work it's bursting out of it throughout the day. and that's with my locks dangling on the outside
So I've started using my Arette 35 but its so bloody huge its ridiculous.
Saw Bre do a weekend projects on messenger bags for MAKE: a while ago, using ironed up bin liners and stolen vinyl from supermarkets... nice video guide

Also saw LFGSS has a nice merged post on some of the forumengers attempts



Also some nice project photos here

Bookshelves

Went to read a book lastnight, but realised that it was boxed up and inaccessible.
You see, since moving into the small room a few months ago, i've got a lot less space than i used to have - only the top two shelves of the free standing bookshelf get used, the rest are obscured by my bed... This means most of my books are boxed up in a cupboard. The room itslef has a fairly high ceiling (~3.5m )so shelves on the walls would be a great solution.

Turns out there are tons of great, odd looking ideas

Biltong Box

Moon for anyone?

X-prizes everywhere at the moment, and although they're pushing development of new technology for they're still not really obtainable for the lazy backroom hacker. Moonbots however, might just be.

Teams will be asked to submit designs illustrating how they will build, program and operate their robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS robotic kits.
Shame it stared in August.

Now.. where did i put that box of technic...

[via ieee]

Word Clock

Looks totally ace.

However, I bet its harder/ slower to read than numbers or hands on an analogue face.
At least you cant get it wrong - I frequently KNOW the time is 5 past when i look at my watch, but will involuntarily say "5 to" when asked...

Automated Brekfast machine

Not merely the stuff of Usbourne puzzle adventure books, Yuri Suzuki and Masa Kimura of platform 21 show they've got the nack too.




Edit: video up

Awesome Chessmen