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diy May 17, 2013 posted by

How to Fix A Bicycle Tube Without Glue – African Style


So you think the only solution is to use high tech all the time? Well there are some people on the planet who would beg to disagree. And they’re coming up with all sorts of clever ways to make do with less.


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How to Fix A Bicycle Tube Without Glue – African Style
diy May 16, 2013 posted by

Glog Homes – buy your next home with Paypal


The home building industry has been fairly static for a long while, but now an enterprising company wants to do for self build what IKEA has done for wardrobes. The company, Glog Homes, sells DIY blueprints and ‘house kits’ which they say anyone can use to build their own house in a matter of weeks.


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Glog Homes – buy your next home with Paypal
diy May 10, 2013 posted by

Secret Knock Detecting Lock – Knock knock! Who’s there?


Did you ever have a club house where you had to have a secret password or knock to get in? While we can’t exactly fit into the old tree house, that doesn’t mean we can’t still keep the secret knock between friends. The only difference is that you have to be a bit sneakier in the implementation, or not everyone will play along.


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Secret Knock Detecting Lock – Knock knock! Who’s there?
diy April 17, 2013 posted by

DIY Nixie Tube Thermometer Kit – turn your desk into a magnificent retro museum of cool


Come on folks, admit it. You have always had a deeply buried urge to tinker around with vintage technology and create your very own laboratory effect on your desk. It’s OK to let it out, we’re all friends here.


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DIY Nixie Tube Thermometer Kit – turn your desk into a magnificent retro museum of cool
diy March 19, 2013 posted by

The Art of Making – could this be the start of a people revolution?


The Institute of Making had its grand opening last week in central London, and we went along to get an idea of what this new venture could signal. The ‘maker movement’, as it’s called, offers a glimpse of a potential future where we don’t just passively buy and consume products, but in fact contribute in different ways to the whole product process…either by local production or hacking, repairing and recycling existing products to improve them.


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The Art of Making – could this be the start of a people revolution?
diy February 28, 2013 posted by

North Paw Directional Anklet Kit will help you find your way home


Have you ever had the embarrassing instance of someone giving you directions which include north, east, south, or west, and have no idea which way that is? Keeping track of which way is which doesn’t seem to be relevant anymore, as we all rely on GPS systems. If you want to learn how to tell which way is which, it’s going to take a little practice.


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North Paw Directional Anklet Kit will help you find your way home
Awesome February 11, 2013 posted by

How to Make Your Very Own MRI Music Video – The Manual!


A couple of weeks ago we broke the story of the first ever music video made in a multi-million dollar MRI machine, which was picked up by our colleagues at the BBC, TheVerge and Gizmodo and went on to grab 250,000 views in just 2 weeks. Sivu’s Better Man Than He is an awesome debut single, and it helps that I know James personally, and he’s a great guy. Another person who also seems equally awesome is Dr Marc E….


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How to Make Your Very Own MRI Music Video – The Manual!
Bookmark This! February 8, 2013 posted by

11 Cool Things You Can Make Out of Ordinary Waste Cardboard To Help Lower Landfill


Look around you right now. Chances are you’re within 20 paces of some form of waste cardboard…packaging, wrapping, boxes, containers, you name it. Despite the march of progress we seem to use as much, if not more, of the stuff. Maybe it’s all Amazon.com’s fault? Whatever the reason, there’s no need for us to make matters worse by just chucking it all onto landfill, as happens a lot. We should take inspiration from these people and try and work out…


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11 Cool Things You Can Make Out of Ordinary Waste Cardboard To Help Lower Landfill
cool tech January 22, 2013 posted by

USB Typewriter Conversion Kit – turn your old typewriter into a computer or tablet keyboard


We just can’t get away from the old stuff, can we? No sooner do they start making cell phones tiny enough to fit into a teacup, than we go out and start buying add-ons which make them look like a brick. Crazy! So why then are we surprised to see that some enterprising soul has come up with a kit for converting an old manual typewriter into a fully functioning USB computer keyboard?


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USB Typewriter Conversion Kit – turn your old typewriter into a computer or tablet keyboard
diy January 15, 2013 posted by

DIY Bioluminescent Hourglass – Is it magic, or science?


We all know how an hourglass works. You turn it over, and watch the contents spill from one chamber to the other in a timely fashion. What would you do if the contents not only started glowing, but you found out they were alive?


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DIY Bioluminescent Hourglass – Is it magic, or science?
diy December 12, 2012 posted by

Make lasting memories, with a Long Term Time Lapse [DIY project]


If you love taking photos of nature, you know what kind of changes come with your photos during seasonal shifts. If you like taking a large landscape shots, you might wonder what it would be like to see the change happen in action. If so, you’ll have to either set up the camera every day, or weatherproof it for a longer period of sitting in one spot. You can go all out and buy fancy camera equipment for it, or…


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Make lasting memories, with a Long Term Time Lapse [DIY project]
Awesome November 19, 2012 posted by

Global Village Construction Set – keeping civilization alive via free open source blueprints


Long time readers will know how passionate we are here about the open source movement in all its forms. For example, a couple of years ago we featured 21 of the Coolest Open Source Hardware Projects in the world, which included a great open source tractor for agricultural and industrial use. Well time moves on, and it seems the movement is growing stronger by the day. That little tractor has literally become a whole ecosystem designed to provide the building…


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Global Village Construction Set – keeping civilization alive via free open source blueprints
Bookmark This! October 15, 2012 posted by

TurnTubelist – crush your party music needs with style, Mr DJ


Parties and music go together like Tom & Jerry. Play the right selection of tracks in the right sequence during the event and you’re on your way to being the hero of your peer group. Get it wrong and you risk being shunned in corridors for the next few months. So how to guarantee you’re a hero and not a zero, without having to hire a pro DJ on your limited budget?


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TurnTubelist – crush your party music needs with style, Mr DJ
Awesome October 9, 2012 posted by

Pocket Bat Signal might be too small for the Dark Knight to see


Do you fancy yourself to be a maker? If DIY projects are your favorite hobby, you’re probably on the hunt for new ideas that are going to do more than sit on a shelf and collect dust. Nothing is better than making something that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing, and if you have access to a 3D printer, you’re going to love this.


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Pocket Bat Signal might be too small for the Dark Knight to see
diy September 20, 2012 posted by

DIY Drones is the place to go to learn how to build your own R/C aircraft


The DIY Drones site features a great little community of radio control aircraft enthusiasts (or UAVs as they’re known), who are happy to help anyone build and fly their very own drone, just like the governmint agencies, but without all that security and scary arresting people angst.


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DIY Drones is the place to go to learn how to build your own R/C aircraft

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