Turn Yourself Into a CartoonYou can turn yourself into a cartoon in just a few simple steps. If you cannot draw not to worry, with Illustrator you can use the auto trace tool and it will capture the necessary lines for you. You can also use Photoshop if you don't have Illustrator. Get An Image of Yourself Find an image of yo... read more »

SteamTorch (a steampunk flashlight)"The velvety darkness pressed in around them and soft, muffled, and yet mysteriously menacing sounds crept towards their ears. The captain reached into his rucksack and took hold of his torch, with a slight whir and then a click, it blazed into life and the creatures shuffled off" Having... read more »

3 Ways to Use El WireFact: El wire makes everything aweseomer.  Here are three different techniques you can use to apply el wire to your stuff and increase your own awesomeness.  All three produce beautiful results, but each does require some amount of patience and time.  While this certainly doesn't represent every ... read more »

Simple Bots: ScrubAs part of my effort to make our life easier through robotics, I have made a low-cost cleaning bot called Scrub Bot. This state of the art cleaning robot is great at polishing floors and shining glass tables (provided that you soap it up first). It also disperses small particulates evenly across you... read more »

The T-Shirt Hack (Or: How to revamp an old t-shirt with nothing but scissors)How to make an old hum-ho t-shirt (that you ignore in the back of your closet til everything else is in the wash) into something funky & unique that you'll want to wear all the time! Using nothing more than scissors. (Pen optional.) You Will Need... You Will Need: a hum-ho t-shirt that needs ... read more »

Advanced Soldering: Fast and Easy Soldering of Surface Mount ComponentsEasily solder surface mount components like the tiniest LEDs and SOIC sized ICs. Make your own break out boards. As more and more DIP ICs are being fazed out, some of them are now only available as surface mount devices. Creating a custom printed circuit board for each one is impractical for the ... read more »

Simple Bots: BarrellerA Barreller Bot is a device that has seemingly eternal forward propulsion in a given direction. In other words, there is a motor that acts as an off-centered weight inside of a can. When the can rolls forward in the direction of the weight (the weight, being the motor), the motor turns upwards, henc... read more »

Crocheted Sisal RugWith these simple instructions, you can make your own sisal mat any size you want.  It's perfect as a welcome mat, in a mud room, or think big and make a new dining room rug!  All you need is some sisal from the hardware store and a crochet hook, and you're ready to go.  For the price of one door ma... read more »

Electroluminescent Mountain BikeThis guide offers you the chance to implement electroluminescent wire (EL Wire) and LED strings to light up the night while riding safe, shiny, and highly stylish. Electroluminescent Wire, also called EL Wire, is a copper cable coated in a reactive paint. By forcing electricity to jump through th... read more »

PVC pipe blades and rotor for HAWT from scrap. I recently had an idea for a horizontal wind turbine.  The idea came to me when I dismantled an old washing machine to get the stainless steel drum to make a patio heater.  I discovered that the drum was mounted on a aluminum casting that had chunky bearings that though would be p... read more »

Trendy Zipper ShirtRe-make your old t-shirt into a trendy new zipper shirt! Zippers are very in this season.  They no longer exclusively used for function.  Throw a zipper on an old t-shirt as an embellishment and you are instantly trendy! This instructable is extremely easy; this was my first time installing a ... read more »

Custom Golf Club Head CoverWhy spend $30 or more for a Golf Club Head Cover just to have the same one everyone has? I made this custom head cover for about $7, and it only took about 10 minutes to make. I can guarantee that no other golfer has one just like it. Needed Supplies Not having a sewing machine at my dis... read more »

Solar Cooler in a Can It's been getting really hot up in the Northern Hemisphere lately, so here's a way to combat the heat by making a cooler that stays cool. Just add water! This project is based on the recent invention of Emily Cummins, originally designed for impoverished families in Africa to keep meat and mil... read more »

No Weld Bike TrailerThis project seeks to make bike trailer building easy and cheap! Bike trailers are extremely useful and enable cyclists to carry heavy or weird loads easily. This project was made for under 30 dollars using mostly found objects. If i had to buy everything i used it would cost around 60. Whe... read more »

iMacPadSo, I recently made the choice of buying an iPad. So far it has been great, but I needed somewhere to dock and use the iPad when it was not in use. Or to allow me to have a desktop experience with the iPad. A few examples include: Using the iPad as a separate instant messaging portal (with ... read more »