A Nice DIY Sous Vide Setup, For Advanced Tinkerers
You may be aware of our fondness for sous vide cooking here at PopSci. We've tested the Sous Vide Supreme, an off-the-shelf
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Proof-of-Concept CarShark Software Hacks Car Computers, Shutting Down Brakes, Engines, and More
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Build a life-size paper clone of yourself for under $40
A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
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Build it: an LED lamp that visualises data from the web
The vast amount of information at our fingertips these days can be as distracting as it is useful. Tracking something like the movement of an index on the stock market by feverishly checking a ticker all day is often more than you want to deal with. So this cube lets you display data it receives
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You built what?! A real Iron Man suit
Anthony Le, 25, has been a fan of Iron Man since he was a kid, but when he heard that the comic-book superhero was hitting the big screen in 2008, he was inspired to build his own Iron Man suit. That version was more of a costume, but his new one, finished just in time for
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Perfect Timing
Build an Atomic Clock
Time: 2 Hours
Difficulty: Hard
Buy or build a clock enclosure.
Follow the schematic to build the circuitry (download it from here), and attach the
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Proof-of-concept carshark software hacks car computers, shutting down brakes, engines, and more
Using homemade software and a standard computer port, a team of scientists has figured out exactly how easy it is to hack into a modern car -- scary news for motorists already wary of faulty brake and accelerator systems.
The research team wrote code that allows
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How It Works: The Most Advanced Gas-Powered R/C Car
The Most Advanced R/C Car LOSI 1/10 TEN-T TRUGGY RTR Top speed: 72km/h Size: 34.3 x 45 cm. Price: US$500 Get it: losi.com
This 18-inch off-roader
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DIY Helicam Takes Awesome Aerial Videos
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the BeetleCam, a remote-controlled roving camera that lets photographers take pictures of wild animals up close. While clawed critters present one sort of obstacle to a great photo, the perfect shot is often blocked by something
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Yves Behar, Designer of the OLPC, is Making DIY Glasses for Kids, for Free
All of us who needed glasses as kids know that nothing frustrates learning more than being unable to read the blackboard. California-based designer Yves Béhar, of One Laptop Per Child fame, has partnered with the Mexican government to create a program that will supply 400,000
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Video: Perching Drones Learn How to Land Vertically on Walls
Moth-like drones could quietly conduct surveillance or creep closer to targets, while recharging or ducking inclement weather
High-rise dwellers and office workers might someday see aerial drones join the usual pigeons and other birds perched outside their windows. Stanford University's
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DIY Helicam Takes Awesome Aerial Videos
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the BeetleCam, a remote-controlled roving camera that lets photographers take pictures of wild animals up close. While clawed critters present one sort of obstacle to a great photo, the perfect shot is often blocked by something
Read more...
Build a life-size paper clone of yourself for under $40
A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
Read more...
The Shocking Truth: How To Make High-Voltage Sparks
I've always thought it would be funny to build scale-size exploding grain silos for a model train
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You built what?! A real Iron Man suit
Anthony Le, 25, has been a fan of Iron Man since he was a kid, but when he heard that the comic-book superhero was hitting the big screen in 2008, he was inspired to build his own Iron Man suit. That version was more of a costume, but his new one, finished just in time for
Read more...
Perfect Timing
Build an Atomic Clock
Time: 2 Hours
Difficulty: Hard
Buy or build a clock enclosure.
Follow the schematic to build the circuitry (download it from here), and attach the
Read more...
How It Works: The Most Advanced Gas-Powered R/C Car
The Most Advanced R/C Car LOSI 1/10 TEN-T TRUGGY RTR Top speed: 72km/h Size: 34.3 x 45 cm. Price: US$500 Get it: losi.com
This 18-inch off-roader
Read more...
Build it: an LED lamp that visualises data from the web
The vast amount of information at our fingertips these days can be as distracting as it is useful. Tracking something like the movement of an index on the stock market by feverishly checking a ticker all day is often more than you want to deal with. So this cube lets you display data it receives
Read more...
A Nice DIY Sous Vide Setup, For Advanced Tinkerers
You may be aware of our fondness for sous vide cooking here at PopSci. We've tested the Sous Vide Supreme, an off-the-shelf
Read more...
Tired of Looking at the Yard? Turn Two HDTVs into a Magic Window
Tired of waking up in the morning only to find yourself in the same lame place you woke up in yesterday (and the day before that)? Winscape is a DIY project for you: install two HD plasmas in faux window frames that display whatever scene
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Science of DIY: Make Weak Materials Strong with Simple Geometry
How putting holes in a column can actually make it stronger
At a basic level, you probably know
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The Shocking Truth: How To Make High-Voltage Sparks
I've always thought it would be funny to build scale-size exploding grain silos for a model train
Read more...
You built what?! A real Iron Man suit
Anthony Le, 25, has been a fan of Iron Man since he was a kid, but when he heard that the comic-book superhero was hitting the big screen in 2008, he was inspired to build his own Iron Man suit. That version was more of a costume, but his new one, finished just in time for
Read more...
Cooking Sous Vide the DIY Way
Why buy a $500 countertop gadget when you can build your own?
Everyone's talking about sous vide, the scientific cooking method that's making its way from the lab to the home kitchen. The Sous Vide Supreme, which we
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Build a Simple DC Power Supply
Or at least understand what's happening when you use one.
There are more efficient and complex
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Science of DIY: Make Weak Materials Strong with Simple Geometry
How putting holes in a column can actually make it stronger
At a basic level, you probably know
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Build a Pro-Level Parts Washer for $75
Keep the sludge off your stuff with a clever DIY filtering system
There are an awful lot of
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Video: Make a Metal Bowl with a Tree Stump and a Mallet
An old-school metal shaper makes it look easy
Take a piece of tissue paper. Support the edges
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You Built What?! The Luxury Motorcycle Sidecar
A French builder attaches the body of a sports car to a motorcycle
In 1989, Fran?ois Knorreck
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Wind-up AA Battery
A battery concept that reeks of potential
Doubtlessly, we?ve all been in the position
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Aussie Record: World's Most Expensive Home Brew Flight Simulator
Believe it or not, Aussie Matthew Sheil has recreated a 747 cockpit in a warehouse in Chipping Norton, New South Wales
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