http://www.instructables.com Wed, 22 May 2013 11:21:36 PDT BLOX v1.01 http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Popsci-5-Minute-Project/
How to Make a Popsci 5-Minute Project - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F1W/59K4/FKX1AEQ9/F1W59K4FKX1AEQ9.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F1W/59K4/FKX1AEQ9/F1W59K4FKX1AEQ9.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F1W/59K4/FKX1AEQ9/F1W59K4FKX1AEQ9.SMALL.jpg popsci5minutes Submit a 5-Minute Project for Popular Science! Each month we feature a cool and handy new project, and we're excited to showcase some ideas from the inventive Instructables community. Sometimes the most basic projects are the most ingenious. So we're looking for projects that are simple, useful, a...
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:22:26 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-The-%24250-Tablet-PC-and-a-Project-G/
Weekly Project: The $250 Tablet PC and a Project Gone Horribly Awry - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FHL/379T/F23Z3A5T/FHL379TF23Z3A5T.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FHL/379T/F23Z3A5T/FHL379TF23Z3A5T.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FHL/379T/F23Z3A5T/FHL379TF23Z3A5T.SMALL.jpg PSdp Tablet PCs are hot. In early 2007, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, no less than three landmark tablets made their public debut:Flybook A33i - an 8.9-inch foldable touch screen computer by Holbe Dialogue Europe; $2,670 (approx)Model 02 - the 60G...
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Continue Reading »]]> Thu, 31 May 2007 13:32:55 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-Follow-Me--the-Mobile-Beverage-Coo/
Weekly Project: Follow Me--the Mobile Beverage Cooler - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FGS/QNFY/F21PWLD8/FGSQNFYF21PWLD8.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FGS/QNFY/F21PWLD8/FGSQNFYF21PWLD8.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FGS/QNFY/F21PWLD8/FGSQNFYF21PWLD8.SMALL.jpg PSdp Invariably, when you want it...it's over there--the cooler, that is, holding your favorite beverage chilled to perfection. Whether you're at the beach, on a picnic, or sitting at home watching a DVD, when you get thirsty it's time to get up and make a round trip to the ice bucket, cooler, or fridge....
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 07:59:42 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-Starry-Sight--A-DIY-CCD-Camera-for/
Weekly Project: Starry Sight--A DIY CCD Camera for Astrophotography - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FNX/57KC/F1B3RH26/FNX57KCF1B3RH26.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FNX/57KC/F1B3RH26/FNX57KCF1B3RH26.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FNX/57KC/F1B3RH26/FNX57KCF1B3RH26.SMALL.jpg PSdp Take last year's 4 megapixel digital camera castoff and refit it as a sleek, electronically cooled astro-camera that is ideal for snapping some stellar shots of stellar sights through a telescope. Who's soul isn't stirred on a warm summer's eve while the stars and planets dance overhead? Gee, if on...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 15 May 2007 10:51:33 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-A-Handheld-3-D-Camera%3a-Without-Usi/
Weekly Project: A Handheld 3-D Camera: Without Using a Camera - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FGQ/JJQD/F1B3RC1D/FGQJJQDF1B3RC1D.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FGQ/JJQD/F1B3RC1D/FGQJJQDF1B3RC1D.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FGQ/JJQD/F1B3RC1D/FGQJJQDF1B3RC1D.SMALL.jpg PSdp In Burning with Desire: The Conception of Photography (The MIT Press, 1999; ISBN 0-262-52259-4), author Geoffrey Batchen explores the passions of early photographers to record latent images. The initial work of Nicephore Niepce, Louis Daguerre, and William Henry Fox Talbot are each examined in a dis...
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 9 May 2007 09:13:42 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-Noggin-Logger--A-Wearable-GPS-Data/
Weekly Project: Noggin Logger--A Wearable GPS Data Logger - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/F1H/2AK2/F0NIUVYC/F1H2AK2F0NIUVYC.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/F1H/2AK2/F0NIUVYC/F1H2AK2F0NIUVYC.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/F1H/2AK2/F0NIUVYC/F1H2AK2F0NIUVYC.SMALL.jpg PSdp Where have you been? And, where did you go today? While words can aptly describe your daily activities, a picture can communicate around a thousand words, or something like that. Better yet, take that picture and wrap it around a fistful of GPS data and now you're really talking.The GPS Logger V1.1 ...
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:28:54 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-Hottie-Hoodie--Be-a-Walking-a-Weat/
Weekly Project: Hottie Hoodie--Be a Walking a Weather Station - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/F01/W0SE/F0DTUJLM/F01W0SEF0DTUJLM.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/F01/W0SE/F0DTUJLM/F01W0SEF0DTUJLM.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/F01/W0SE/F0DTUJLM/F01W0SEF0DTUJLM.SMALL.jpg PopSci Small digital thermometers that can be stuck on a window are great for monitoring outdoor temperatures. They can also be easily adapted to a more mobile lifestyle. In fact, with just a few simple modifications, you can convert any garment into a fashionable weather station. Whether you wear your ow...
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:18:11 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-Voltoids%3b-or%2c-How-to-Make-5V-from-/
Weekly Project: Voltoids; or, How to Make 5V from 1.5V - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FRR/7NLV/F0CHG74I/FRR7NLVF0CHG74I.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FRR/7NLV/F0CHG74I/FRR7NLVF0CHG74I.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FRR/7NLV/F0CHG74I/FRR7NLVF0CHG74I.SMALL.jpg PopSci Yes, you read that project title right; this simple circuit will enable you to generate 5V DC from a single 1.5V DC AA battery. How can you pump 1.5V up to 5V, you ask? It's simple with a little piece of electronic steroids from MAXIM IC.The MAX1674 IC is a DC-to-DC step-up converter that can take i...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:13:21 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-Build-Your-Own-X-Ray-Vision-Camera/
Weekly Project: Build Your Own X-Ray Vision Camera - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FO7/DNNO/LOSEZR7BX1V/FO7DNNOLOSEZR7BX1V.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FO7/DNNO/LOSEZR7BX1V/FO7DNNOLOSEZR7BX1V.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FO7/DNNO/LOSEZR7BX1V/FO7DNNOLOSEZR7BX1V.SMALL.jpg PopSci You've seen them in the back of magazines--heck, probably Popular Science--all your life: the crazy swirling paper X-ray specs, with the campy '50s pervert looking at the bloomers of a shocked gal. While we don't support such nefarious uses, you can make your own working X-ray camera, just by modify...
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Continue Reading »]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:16:24 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Weekly-Project%3a-Make-an-iPod-Tote-Bag--Spring-Flin/
Weekly Project: Make an iPod Tote Bag--Spring Fling Bling-Bling - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FL6/G9ND/1GQEZ7BHM8J/FL6G9ND1GQEZ7BHM8J.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FL6/G9ND/1GQEZ7BHM8J/FL6G9ND1GQEZ7BHM8J.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FL6/G9ND/1GQEZ7BHM8J/FL6G9ND1GQEZ7BHM8J.SMALL.jpg PopSci You know those iPod tote bags that were all the rage on the morning news shows a couple of years ago? Costing around one hundred bucks, most of those bags seemed more suited for a fashion show rather than slogging music through your daily life. After that high-societal craze died down, a more fancif...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:44:00 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/5-Minute-Project%3a-The-WowWee-Robotics-Keychain/
5-Minute Project: The WowWee Robotics Keychain - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FP1/7Z1C/N7VEZBF9ZD3/FP17Z1CN7VEZBF9ZD3.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FP1/7Z1C/N7VEZBF9ZD3/FP17Z1CN7VEZBF9ZD3.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FP1/7Z1C/N7VEZBF9ZD3/FP17Z1CN7VEZBF9ZD3.SMALL.jpg PopSci Beginning in March 2007, WowWee Robotics, the makers of the Robosapien line of robot toys, began including a familiar face inside McDonald's restaurant Happy Meals. For the price of a Happy Meal (nominally around $2), "boys meals" featured one of eight different WowWee Robotics toys. Conversely, the...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:26:19 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Help%3a-An-Absolute-Beginner-s-Guide-to-8-Bit-AVR-Pr/
Help: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to 8-Bit AVR Programming-AVR Dragon - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/F01/A4DO/HPUEZ7C8ZH8/F01A4DOHPUEZ7C8ZH8.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/F01/A4DO/HPUEZ7C8ZH8/F01A4DOHPUEZ7C8ZH8.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/F01/A4DO/HPUEZ7C8ZH8/F01A4DOHPUEZ7C8ZH8.SMALL.jpg PopSci If you'd like to test the waters of microcontroller programming, the new AVR Dragon by Atmel Corporation is a nifty, low-cost entry-level development tool. Unfortunately, right out of the box, the AVR Dragon is not the definitive answer for the beginner looking for an all-in-one solution. Rather, th...
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