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DIY ROCKET – Homemade Rockets!

Posted on April 23, 2007 by max
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Holy cow, check these guys out, they made cool homemade rockets that almost resemble powerful bottle rockets!

This is the first static test with our homemade tar/oxygen hybrid rocket motor. James Turner and myself (Eric Stackpole), and two of our friends, Jeff Bernard and Caleb Lesher did this project last summer because we wanted to learn more about how rocket engines work. We built the rocket in James’ garage in Humboldt County, CA completely out of parts we got at the local hard

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DIY – Rope Lighting HOWTO

Posted on April 23, 2007 by max

I remember buying these rope lights for Christmas last year for a DIY project but never got to finish it because I didn’t have any good ideas. But here’s a simple rope lighting that you can follow just by lookin’ at the pics.

These are two lights made out of rope light in the form of the traditional knots known as the “monkey’s fist” and “Turk’s head”.

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DIY HACK – Al’s Quick and Dirty Headcam

Posted on April 23, 2007 by max

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Cool, check out Al’s Quick and Dirty Headcam. He says it’s simple and it works.

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Motor DIY HACK – How to make a Homopolar Motor!

Posted on April 23, 2007 by max
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Oooh, check out this cool simple homopolar motor made with a standard AA battery, magnet, and some wires!

If you want to check out some real industrial motor stuff, make sure to check out our DIY with some industrial steppers.

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A Mini-Nibbler For $20

Posted on April 22, 2007 by max

Check out this nify mini-nibble for $20 found over at the Tool blog. Tool blog? That’s cool…

This tool would be great for many nifty DIY projects.

Unique blade and handle design requires less cutting effort than conventional snips. The metal is held firmly by the die while the movable center blade cuts. Starts from a hole as small as 1/4″. Jaws are

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Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco

Posted on April 22, 2007 by max

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Too bad I couldn’t make it to the Web2.0 Expo in San Francisco this year, but I drove by it and took a picture. (Yes, is that a Porsche Cayenne? I want one!!!)

I was too busy starting some new businesses but hopefully I will have more time to blog soon.

Check out the video by Eric Schmidt from Web2.0 Expo.

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Build a Super Sky Cycle and jump that traffic jam!

Posted on April 21, 2007 by max

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Check out these Super Sky Cycles you can build which are a motorcycle/helicopter hybrid.

Don’t worry about traffic jams anymore. This SkyCycle is a cross between a motorcycle and a gyroplane. It can race to 55 mph on the ground and more than 100 mph in the air. Unfortunately, it is only available as a kit, so you’ll have to rely on your own craftsmanship… but it will only cost you about $37,000.

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FUN FACT – Seahorse Male Pregnancy

Posted on April 21, 2007 by max

Did you know seahorse males give birth lay eggs???

So, in a nutshell. Male seahorses compete with each other to become pregnant for three weeks (during which time they cannot move around to search for the best food), go through 72 hours of labour and exhausting final contractions to release up to 200 baby seahorses. During this process the natural colour of the male seahorse drains from his body and he becomes white and pasty looking. The experience (yes, we hav

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DIY – How to demolish a car!

Posted on April 21, 2007 by max
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Here’s a cool vid about how to demolish a car! The narrator uses some interesting ways to demolish his car including 4 dynamites.

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Free Software Open Source heckler while Bill Gates speaking at a China university

Posted on April 20, 2007 by max

Cool, this guy jumped out while Bill Gates was speaking at Peking University in China. I think Microsoft should go open-source…

Wen sez, “On April, 20th, Bill Gates went to Peking University to give a talk titled “Creativity, China, Future”. After the talk, someone held a piece of paper written with ‘Free software, Open source’ rushed to the stage before Mr. Gates while spoke word to support open source software. It is

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