William Stranger specializes in building furniture out of repurposed wood. I especially liked the massive coffee table whose top is a four-inch-thick slab of bowling lane. It's part of a exhibit(?) called Second Growth: A second growth forest is one that has re-grown after it has been heavily logged or clear-cut. The installation of reclaimed ma...
Insructables user murphtron writes: My son started riding a 16" bike at 4 years old without training wheels. (He was first on a push bike without training wheels or pedals at about 3 1/2.) One day[...]
Impact CoPlanar and Impact Mezzanine connector systems promise the ultimate flexibility to optimize designs for superior mechanical and electrical performance[...]
Impact CoPlanar and Impact Mezzanine connector systems promise the ultimate flexibility to optimize designs for superior mechanical and electrical performance[...]
This instructable will show you how to connect your Arduino to your Android G1 mobile over serial. The project assumes you've rooted your G1 and are comfortable using a terminal. [via hackaday] Thi[...]
Need a way to help the youth around you learn about flight? Try out paper airplanes! Most people know how to make a basic paper airplane, but there are other designs out there, some even claiming to [...]
Tom Wilksch's Portable Gliding Simulator offers two improvements over a traditional simulator installed in a fixed location. Built on a trailer base, this can be towed to public events to serve as a [...]
When I was about 12 years old, and still living in Dallas, my dad bundled me into the car one day and drove me out to Love Field to meet my great uncle, Troy, who was, at the time, touring the Unite[...]
Here's a video of a scratch-built "foamy" R/C model of a seaplane that can actually take off and land on water. "Foamies" is the name given to the class of model planes built out of the insulation f[...]
If you're interested in doing gel electrophoresis (e.g. for DNA fingerprinting) at home, there are certainly easier ways to get a gel casting kit, but I wanted to throw some more props at Thingivers[...]
It’s official: Apple has announced its highly anticipated iPad, a touch-enabled tablet device using an Apple-built custom "A4" chip. Some expect the iPad will bring the company’s market share and[...]