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MIT Inspired Impromptu SegStick

Posted: December 27th, 2010, 3:00pm MST by Greg R. Jacobs

If many of the readers out there longed for a Segway for Christmas but Santa didn’t bring you one, you are in luck. The aptly named Seg-Stick by [scolton] is a great way for cheap transportation. It uses a broomstick, along with two DeWalt cordless drills to power this bad boy on 6” wheels. Like [...]
Build a fusion reactor in your home

Posted: December 27th, 2010, 1:00pm MST by Caleb Kraft

At first we were pretty skeptical of this home made fusion reactor instructable. However, we’ve seen home made fusion reactors before, so it is technically possible, we guess. The construction alone is interesting enough to warrant a few moments of looking. We’re not experts, so pardon us if we can’t tell you exactly what is [...]
Santa-Pede Challenge: Take Two

Posted: December 27th, 2010, 11:53am MST by Caleb Kraft

We are going to give the Santa-Pede Challenge another try. This time, you have till the end of January to do something (make it walk/crawl/scoot) with a dancing santa (or dancing musical holiday toy). As you can see in my example, it doesn’t have to be complicated or efficient in any way. Here are some [...]
LED lighthouse simulator

Posted: December 27th, 2010, 10:24am MST by Mike Szczys

This Christmas [Bill Porter] decided to show his parents that those college dollars were well spent. He upgraded the custom lighthouse light which he originally designed in high school for their garden fountain. He even went so far as to craft some retail-worthy packaging for the gift. We think it’s a wonderful design, on a [...]
Building a germanium fuzz face guitar pedal

Posted: December 27th, 2010, 8:00am MST by Mike Szczys

Rock in the new year with a guitar pedal you built yourself. [Doug Kovach] took the time to share his project with us in the video after the break. He starts with a bit of history of the artists that have used fuzz pedals similar to this one. It seems great guitarists have been hacking [...]
Tardis tree topper

Posted: December 27th, 2010, 7:01am MST by Mike Szczys

If your holiday tradition means waiting until Christmas to decorate the tree, it’s not too late. Build yourself Dr. Who’s Tardis as a tree topper. [Hybrid Blue] just finished the project, with includes illumination which you can see in the video after the break. The structure is made from balsa wood, painted, then filled with [...]