What could be more entertaining than fire and good music? How about fire that will dance to that music? The following will not only cause flames to pulse to a beat, but it will also allow you to see different wavelengths of audio frequency.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 13:20
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Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 13:20
Yes, it's the infamous Joule Thief, in Instructable form! For those of you who don't know, the Joule Thief is a tiny little circuit that allows you to drive a white or blue LED from voltages as low as 0.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 13:15
Salting out is a process that can be used to dehydrate Isopropyl alcohol, i. e. , separate it from water in an azeotropic solution. Dehydrated Isopropyl may be useful in making bio-diesel fuels.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 13:01
This instructable is for realistic extraterrestrial design. Star wars/trek have mostly got it wrong- too much like earth. This instructable is for creating things like the daggerwrist or skewer from Wayne Barlowe's Expedition.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 12:38
Not your usual way of blowing up a balloon! embed code.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 12:33
A fun thing to do when you have nothing else to do! embed code.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 12:20
I posted earlier this week about abrasion holography, a hologram technique that uses a network of simple arc shaped scratches to encode a visible, 3D hologram into a chunk of plastic.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.03.13 at 00:14
Now THIS is a realm of techno-phobia that never would have crossed my mind. And you thought you were paranoid about people stealing the data from your RFID-equipped passport.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 16:03
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 you tend to see companies with a variety of products, Precision Modelworks has stunning and unique models of various space capsules - Saturn vehicles, Gemini capsules and others from the Mercury missions - if you're a space buff these might be the only (and best) replicas in existence.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 12:08