Best of 2009: Top Viewed Instructables

How to make a solar iPod/iPhone charger -aka MightyMintyB… by Honus

I wanted a charger for my iPodTouch and the MintyBoost was definitely my first choice. I wanted to take it a bit further and make it not only rechargeable but also solar powered. The other issue is th...

A Word Clock by drj113

This is a project to tell the time using words. I saw a cool clock on the Make Blog the other day (http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/qlocktwo_clock_tells_time_with_word.html), and thought 'Hey...

The Twittering Office Chair by randofo

The Twittering office chair "tweets" (posts a Twitter update) upon the detection of natural gas such as that produced by human flatulence. This is part of my commitment to accurately document and shar...

5-minute Ice Cream by scoochmaroo

Now with video! WARNING: The Following Instructable Is Extremely Addictive. Not for the Faint of Heart. You are now always only 5 minutes away from Ice Cream. Are you prepared? also works great w...

Genuine chainmaille from pop tabs by quixotiCfluX

Constructing a genuine European 4 in 1 chainmaille weave using only pop tabs.Turns out this is very easy and makes a really great looking piece of maille, and as an added bonus you don't have to worry...

How to Wire Your House With Cat-5 (or 6) For Ethernet Net… by Rogue Agent

Although wireless is simpler for a lot of people, due to multimedia sharing, bandwidth on my home network and my slight paranoia about wireless security, I really wanted to use a hard wired solution f...

DIY High-Speed Book Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras by daniel_reetz

I love books. There is some truly fantastic knowledge and information hidden out there in hard to find, rare, and not commercially viable books. I find that I want my books with me everywhere. But tha...

Convert your Honda Accord to run on trash by jimmason

We may not yet have a flux capacitor for time travel, but we do already have the equivalent of "Mr. Fusion", which if cleverly applied, will enable you to run your car on everyday "trash"-- today. Thi...

How to make a fractal antenna for HDTV / DTV plus more on… by williamruckman

This instructable is from: http://ruckman.net/archives.htm#FEATURED and submitted by William Ruckman of http://ruckman.net The first thing I would like to discuss is a little history, theory, and u...

Gummi Bear Surgery by fungus amungus

Gummi Bears live short lives, but that doesn't mean that they don't have health problems and will occasionally need some care. There are times when these delicate bears will even need to go under the ...