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This is my favorite paper plane design of all time. It is a completley flat glider that can soar and loop. enjoy!
I will show you how to tie a monkey's fist knot, and what you can make with them. I had aways wanted to know how to make these, and one day someone showed me how. They are really fun to make and whack people with.
Here's a little hack that'll save you needless minutes logging in.
There are limitless possibilities for using cardboard. This instructable shows many projects, short descriptions, included photos, mouth watering ideas, can't wait to get started prompts, where does the time go, I can't do it all, I LOVE cardboard , ad infinitum ways to envision it, design it, cons...
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here it is. parts list rods: 4 gray 9 red conecters: 5
gray look at the picture 5 blue look at the picture making the
sticks just look at the pictures. the main frame get the gray
rods out. finishing the ring toss your done. that was shorter
than my knex gun w...
Regardless of what you may think of either platform, it's fun to see what others will do to get what they want. In the accompanying video Taimur Asad from Redmond Pie demos an alpha version of Frash running on an iPhone 4. If you want to try this yourself, check out this how-to. [via Redmond Pie]
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This is what gave me the idea for this but I didn't have any resistors
and didn't want to drive 5 minutes to the nearest hardware store. I
didn't actually take any pictures of my work so I got to go with
diagrams and a finished product video.
What You'll Need You ...
This is my entry for the flashlight contest. In this instructable I
will be showing how to make a rechargeable flashlight that charges from
your car. I got this idea as I often find myself using the flashlight
that I keep in my car, but have come to it many of times with a dead
battery. So my ide...
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My daughter loves owls. She dressed up as one for the school parade.
What better summer fun could there be than to sew an owl pillow!
Disclosure - my daughter age 8 - and my wife are responsible for the
owl, I merely served in a supportive capacity. Create a
Design! The subject was easy---o...
I got tired of having to stick pins in a cushion after using them, so I
started using a giant novelty magnet to hold my pins. Naturally, I got
tired of just using a magnet, so I grabbed some scraps of funky material
an old fridge magnet and went about creating the fusion of a pin cushion
I wanted.
Tired of carrying a purse during the summer? Make a purse/shirt!
Deconstruct You will need a shirt, old purse, good scissors,
embroidery needle, thick thread, sewing machine, thimble, pins. Cut
out the section you would like to make a face from. Make sure to cut ...
Most chokers, in my opinion, are far too small and very limited and have
annoying amounts of skin-irritating metals. If I'm going to wear
jewelry or accessories, I want them to be big and rash-free. It's
a super special bonus to have pieces that are adaptable. I
recently rewatched Marie Antoinett...
I have wanted to make a LED flashlight out of an airborne tube for
sometime now, just never got around to doing it. Then I saw the
flashlight contest at 10 pm central time and thought
what the hell, lets give this a try. This is really a first draft just
to see how good of a case the tube makes. LO...
My daughter really likes playing in the water when it gets hot outside,
but we've had the worst luck with kiddie pools. The local wildlife
keeps getting into the backyard and tearing them up . . . or worse.
After the demise of our last kiddie pool I decided I'd try another
route. With a tape me...
This cool, bright, and breezy blouse is so easy, even beginning
sewers will have great results. Comfortable and airy, it looks great
with jeans or leggings for a lovely – and unique – summer
look. The bandanas can be any colors you choose. One will be the yoke,
two will be the sleeves, and...
This Instructable is to show you how to make an adorable ice cream plush
from felt (complete with ice cream scoops, syrup topping, whipped cream
and a cherry, strawberries, and cookie sticks). Please note, this
type of plush should not be given to small children as the parts could
come off if pul...
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I've wanted to build a full spectrum flashlight for a while and seeing
the Flashlight Contest advertisement enticed me to build it,
asap. Once i finished this flashlight it turned out a lot better
than i had expected. I now want to make modifications to it to
improve it for my next flashlight. I w...
Adam Quest's tea cup midway ride, featured at Brickfair '10, is awesome in so many ways. Great model!
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I built the NAR, and modded it. The main mods I have made are to the
forebarrel and grip area, and the stock. I liked the handle connection
points, but the stock itself was too flimsy, even with the hinge inside
the handle strengthener mod, so I encased it completely. The main goal
was to encase, an...
I love making jewelry with my mom. The other day, we were watching T.V
and we saw an adorable necklace with a rose pinned on it. It gave us an
idea to create one that is much cheaper and funner. Roses are so hard
to make though! I tried my best to explain, but it takes practice to
make it just the...
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With Just a few inexpensive or up-cycled materials, you can make your
own sweat-proof armband holder for your IPOD or Cell Phone.
Materials needed Gather the following items: 1. IPOD, or Cell
Phone 2. Vinyl Fabric (fabric from a child's raincoat,
vinyl tablecloth, oilcloth, or p...
If you're going to the beach, you're going to need a way to escape from
the cruel sun! Here are directions that can help you build your
own shade-supplying beach umbrella! Tools and Supplies For this
project you're going to need: -A bamboo pole (7+ ft.) -9 Wooden
dowels (mine are 4 ft. lon...
Amaze and frustrate your friends with The Amazing Magic Flashlight .
This very simple project should take you no more than 30 minutes to
construct. When completed you will have a flashlight that no matter how
hard anyone tries, the flashlight can not be turned on or off. However,
you, with the secr...
I wanted to build an easy flash light that last long and super
bright. This is what i came up with. I found
the bulb on Ebay for about $20 and found out it's operating
volts are about 3.6V-4.2V and 3 rechargeable batteries are rated @ 1.2 V
each but normally they run at about 1.33x3 which is ...
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Avast ye scurvey Instructables.com community dogs! If ye like
ter cook up grub aboard the barbecue grill, this here Instructable be
for ye. Me, Cap'n Toglefritz, will show ye how ter rig up an apron
and a hat fer cookin'. Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! Ye
be nigh a pair o' hours from ye n...
A fan made from a hand powered flashlight and an R/C helicopter. This
fan provides a pleasant breeze to the user in exchange for some light
cranking. The Flashlight I unscrewed the screws on the outside and
the ones under the cover (mentioned below) I then removed all the
circuitry, the upper ...
Photograph by Eric Ogden for a Madagascar Institute profile in Popular Mechanics
On Thursday, August 12, 2010 (7:00PM - 9:00PM), in Brooklyn, NY, our friends at the Madagascar Institute are doing a workshop called Shop Tools 101.
This two hour class, which SHOULD be a pre-requisite for most Madagascar Institute classes, will teach you the basics of how to effectively prepare materials using our equipment. You'll learn to send sparks flying with grinders and cutters, make ridiculous amount of noise and smoke out the other artisans in the shop. Oh, and there are safety tips.
Gotta love a "learning institution" whose motto is "Fear is never boring" and that also has a class on "Flamethrowers: Theory and Practice" on their calendar.
Sign up for the Shop Tools class is here.
Shop Tools 101
Thursday, August 12, 2010, 7PM - 9PM)
Madagascar Institute
217 Butler Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Cost: $25 members/$40 non-members
The theme for Burning Man this year is Metropolis. This can only mean
one thing1: you need a Superman cape. Fortunately you can find
everything you need to make not just one but 4 capes by hitting up a
thrift store or rummaging through your costume box. 1: Actually,
it means many, man...
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I have made an instructables once again! I tried to be as creative as l
could. This should hold your files or any other paper that's lying
around. You can hold newspapers, crossword puzzles and things like that
into the holder. Just remember not to overload it but quite alot can fit
in without it br...
In this KipKay video, Kip shows you how to make a simple sound effects thingy out of some PVC pipe, a piece of drum skin, and a spring.
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After read flashlight contest announcement, I try to make an
instructable although my english is not good enough In this project I
modify LED HEAD LAMP so it can use as a HEAD LAMP with USB Power.
Here it is the material & tool: Cheap Made in China 12’s LED
Headlamp. I bought it at lokal s...
It's a tiny bit of pencil, shaved by hand with a blade. I'll give it
back to the kid I got it from.
This is an easy alteration and would work on an adult or kid-size
t-shirt. It's a great way to give an old, tired shirt new energy!
What you'll need two t-shirts, one long-sleeved t-shirt OR one
t-shirt and some knit fabric; sewing machine;
scissors; thread to match shirt and safety pins Cu...
In this instructable , i'm gonna show you how to make an rc spy
robot which is controled by an rc car controller. this robots
can bring you videos and audios off the place where he
is because of the spy cam !! BUT the bad thing is THE
distance , it depende off the spy cam and the car . ...
Lizards are cool. Spool knitting is fun. Spool knitting a
lizard is cool and fun. This Instructable will teach you how to
make a spool knitting loom and how to use it to make a lizard.
Follow this Instructable, and you will have numerous cool spool knitted
lizards in no time. Materials T...
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This is a simple method to make a flashlight that will last forever.
It uses a small stepper motor to generate energy and many capacitors for
keep it stored for several seconds. Ps:
I'm from Argentina so let me know any grammar mistake. Materials
Most mate...
This is a step-by-step tutorial which will hopefully get you through
your project! Uses for this bag might be: keep marbles, gum,
coins, pretty rocks, beads or anything else small you use daily in this
bag. You could make a very large version, and it would be a
backpack! Personally, I find it an ...
Everyone who has a veranda/porch/balcony wants a swing, right? So here
is a support we built. This swing support has holders for three
individual swings, or one big swing (three-four places ) or a hammock.
It consists of a metal pipe (2' diameter ), a wall-support (you
may need two dependi...
This is a very challenging Instructable that is not for the
weak: physicsally or mentally. If you are brave enough to take on the
challenge and you succede you will have a very awe inspiring creation.
Chose the Potato This step is VERY important. Chosing the potato forthe
project can be ...
Note: as I like to enter the flashlight contest, I post the
instructable now. There were some problems, which I hope to
clear up the coming days... Broken or totally obsolete SLR cameras
can still look very cool and professional, and have a great feel to it.
To get knowledge of the...
There are numerous versions of Ikea Bike Stands out there. This one is
versatile, strong, and attractive. This uses the Broder System
as its base: Broder Post Broder Height Extension and Post 4 x
Broder Center Brackets Rope 2 x 3" inch diameter White PVC 90
degree bracket Pipe Insula...
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I had an old, holey pair of sweatpants, but in this 100 degree heat what
I really needed is a cute skirt! This Instructable will take you through
refashioning sweatpants into a comfortable skirt perfect for summer.
Materials To do this refashion you will need: Old Sweatpants
Scissors Matchin...
Background to this project: Being the cheapskate that I am, I'm
always on the lookout for things that would be useful but I can make
rather than buy. I was browsing through online patents and found a
really complicated suspension strap made from one piece with the extra
loops cut from other ...
Shine in a home , street and party ! With this instruction , you can
change your drink . Your drink will get Luminous and pretty . It's
different for you . With GIF animation you can see the cup events . Fact
is better than this animation ! The tools you will need - 3 color LED
- 3 lithium batt...
Harness the power of fruit! I give you the Lemon flashlight . It's
the solution to the considerable worldwide energy problems that
scientists have struggled with for so long. Powered by a single lemon,
and with a brightness in a league of it's own, there's little stopping
this flashlight from becom...
In this Instructable I will show you how to hack a stapler so even when
it has staples it will not staple. This gag is great for the office or
school. Supplies 1. Stapler and staples 2. Metal file. 3.
Testing paper. 4. The fun part, a VICTIM! The Prank Setup Open up
the stapler and remo...
This project goes into the category "kids can do" because it's
so easy, quick, and the result is a very satisfying (and cheap) toy.
The models for these pictures are my boys, age 7 and 10, who are not
famous for their patience. Despite the numerous steps, it took them
about 5 minutes to complete ...
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This is Lily the pug who had no clothes to wear prior to this
instructable. This is a child's size 3 T-shit Remove the
side seams of the t-shirt to about the halfway point of the dog's belly.
Cut a curved area on the underside of the t-shirt to allow for the dogs
to be able to do t...
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This mini-hamburger is tasty and will guarantee lots of giggles in the
kitchen! Ingredients Bread Hamburger Tomato 2Green olives
Red Pepper Onion Carrot (optional) Ketchup 2 skewers Step 1
Begin by constructing your basic Hamburger Frog. Slice two pieces of
bread, leavin...
great for snipers in airsoft, hunters or people who feel like being
invisible. paint colors in order you put it on you can get these
paints in tubes at cabela's or any place where they sell hunting
supplies probably 1.leaf green 2.mud brown 3.flat black how
to put it on first if you w...
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Hello, here is the progress of my project solex moped S3800
the system is back at the base of two steel washers on which roller
wheels are raised the wheels are modified with strapping even were to
guide here a video engine lacks
power, it is not fini...
INTRO:- This is a very powerful Flashlight that turns night onto day
at a radius of 100 feet. It uses 60 Bright White LED’s with a
Rechargeable 6 volts 4.5 Amps leak proof lead acid Battery. The
Charging is done outside the light casing with a 6 volt charger.
Step-1 Items you will...
This is a easy , pretty and cheap necklace . You can make it with
minimum materials and maximum art . It's a simple jewel . You can use it
in a party , with pride to your hand work necklace . It haven't range ,
It's for everyone . The tools and materials you will need - Allotrope
macaronis (Sever...
Our second annual Bierfest at our Brewery. This year we made 6
different grill-sticks, flammenkuchen and more.
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So you have an old hard drive that can't store information any better
then an oven stores fruit? I assume you've replaced it with a new one
but what to do with the old one. It can't perform it's most
basic function, to store data, so you cant well use it, why not
take it apart and see how it works? ...
Via the HacDC Blabber list comes this giddy-with-awesome cardboard racetrack with camera-mounted R/C cars and an arcade racing cockpit where the driver controls the vehicle. The builder, Malte Jehmlich, says he spent several months working on the project. It's WipEout meets vintage R/C racing. I want! [Thanks, Daniel Packer!]
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A couple of years ago, we moved to a new, football-obsessed city.
Every Friday when the local team plays, all the school children dress up
in the team colors. The boys wear jerseys and all of the girls
wear cheerleading uniforms. We don't follow sports, but when my
little girl begged for a cheerl...
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Commercial Sous-Vide equipement is $450 for the low end. You can
buy the equipement in this instructable for less than $50, and
probably less if you have any of the pieces laying around. This
instructable is unique in the use of a hacked aquarium thermometer to
heat the water when it starts to c...
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Here's a neat video about a design firm in the '60s, and what it looked like to build things before the days of 3d modeling and rapid prototyping. Designers drew out many different plans, then the favorites were cut out in a machine shop, cast, and assembled painstakingly by hand. Looks like fun! [via core77]
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Here is a selection of "redneck repairs," from There, I Fixed It (Epic Kludges + Jurry Rigs).
A few more fun ones after the jump. [Thanks, Kent!]
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Todd writes in -
Longtime reader. Just wanted to pass along a little project I just had made. I have always loved this design from supposed Time Traveler John Titor ([en.wikipedia.org]). I used Etsy's Alchemy service to have it laser cut out of wood. I think it turned out wonderfully. Even if the story was a fake I'll never stop dreamin' of Time Travel!Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in News from the Future | Digg this!
Ladyada writes -
This is actually not any sort of product or public project (!) – its something we designed to help me evaluate solar panels and how they act when charging batteries. Normally this requires a lot of multimeters and its a bit of a pain to do if you have to constantly change out panels. So we decided we would build a specialized tool that would assist us. Here is what we wanted!This design is intended for ~6V panels, single Lithium Polymer cells and chargers. It can very easily be adapted to any kind of panel and charger, you’ll just need to adjust the resistor dividers and such!
- Portable! Its hard to test solar panels inside
- Ability to log to an SD card for long-term data analysis (to be added later)
- Keep track of the solar panel voltage
- Keep track of the battery voltage
- Keep track of how much current is going thru the panel to the charger
- We figured if we had to build this, someone might find my notes useful.
Read about the tester here.
In April, we wrote about IronRuby hitting 1.0 and Microsoft's "3 years with Ruby [paying] off." It's sad, then, to read today that program manager Jimmy Schementi is leaving Microsoft citing a rapidly decreasing interest in dynamic languages (other than JavaScript) at the software giant.
[..] a year ago the team shrunk by half and our agility was severely limited. [..] In short, the team is now very limited to do anything new, which is why the Visual Studio support for IronPython took so long. IronRuby’s IDE support in Visual Studio hasn’t been released yet for the same reasons. [..] many other roadblocks have cropped up that made my job not enjoyable anymore.Overall, I see a serious lack of commitment to IronRuby, and dynamic language[s] on .NET in general. [..] The bad-news is I will no longer be working on IronRuby full-time, but in the near future I’m definitely staying active. Also, Tomas will definitely continue working on IronRuby when he can; we weren’t the last two people left for no reason. :-)
Given that Tomas and I will only be working part-time on IronRuby now, I invite the Ruby and .NET communities to come help us figure out how to continue the IronRuby project, assuming that Microsoft will eventually stop funding it. I’ll start a thread on the IronRuby Mailing List shortly, so keep an eye on that if you’d like to help.
Jimmy Schementi
Schementi left Microsoft at the end of July and is on his way to work at a NYC-based financial technology consulting firm. I'm sure most Rubyists would be quick to join me in congratulating Schementi and the rest of the IronRuby team (including John Lam, who left in 2009) for making significant strides in a company and environment where the obstacles were piled high. We've wondered for years whether Windows is a first class platform for Ruby and now we know that Ruby certainly isn't even a second class language for Microsoft.
Schementi seems keen for people from outside of Microsoft to get involved with IronRuby to keep it alive. These sorts of efforts aren't often successful, because contributors usually bubble up over time to become more important, and he notes that he is now the first non-MS contributor merely by virtue of no longer working for MS. If, though, you're a .Net and Ruby hotshot and have the time and passion to become a hero in the worlds of DLR and "Ruby on Windows", there's a significant opportunity here for the taking.
Connecticut-based artist Dalton Ghetti must have amazing eyesight. Pictured here are none other than pencils that he hand-carves to teeny tiny detail. Apparently, Ghetti is a carpenter by trade and the pencils are his side project. He uses razor blades, sewing needles, sculpting knives, and mad skills. My mind is officially blown. [Thanks, Markle!]
Displayed at this year's Brickfair conference in DC, this lovely viola is the work of AFOL Cindy English. [Photo by Joe Meno of Brickjournal.]
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I'm very happy to announce the availability of Jeff Potter's Cooking for Geeks in the Maker Shed. I met Jeff while he was making ice cream with liquid nitrogen at a party sometime last year. I don't think I've been more excited about a cookbook in my life. If you were ever curious about what you eat beyond the ingredients and recipe, then Cooking for Geeks is for you.
More than just a cookbook, Cooking for Geeks applies your curiosity to discovery, inspiration, and invention in the kitchen. Why is medium-rare steak so popular? Why do we bake some things at 350° F/175° C and others at 375° F/190° C? And how quickly does a pizza cook if we overclock an oven to 1,000° F/540° C? Author and cooking geek Jeff Potter (@cookingforgeeks) provides the answers and offers a unique take on recipes--from the sweet (a "mean" chocolate chip cookie) to the savory (duck confit sugo).
This book will help you:
- Initialize your kitchen and calibrate your tools
- Learn about the important reactions in cooking, such as protein denaturation, Maillard reactions, and caramelization, and how they impact the foods we cook
- Play with your food using hydrocolloids and sous vide cooking
- Gain firsthand insights from interviews with researchers, food scientists, knife experts, chefs, writers, and more, including author Harold McGee, TV personality Adam Savage, chemist Hervé This, and xkcd
"There's really no book out there like Cooking for Geeks--it's science textbook meets cookbook, written to appeal to anyone who's curious about how the details work in the kitchen," says Potter. "And it's not just for technical geeks--anyone who wants to do more than just follow a recipe will enjoy the book."
It also just so happens that Jeff was one of Today's guests on NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow.
In the Maker Shed
Cooking for Geeks by Jeff Potter
Sometimes, good hacks are dog simple. Here, a food can, some cement, some stick-wood, and some spring clamps are used to create photography light, reflector, and backdrop mounts.
Stick in a Can Poorman's Solution for 3D Lighting
