22.02.11

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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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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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
Read more...


Video: A DIY iPhone-Controlled Car With Virtual-Reality Driver's-Seat Views

Our collegiate scholars hold our future in their hands, so it's always good to see them apply themselves to projects like WiDrive, a remote-controlled, camera-mounted car that can be driven in the first person using an iPhone and
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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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Danish Hotel Pays Its Guests to Generate Electricity on Exercise Bikes

Bored guests at a certain Crowne Plaza hotel can now skip the pricey mini-bar and hop on an exercise bike, generate some electricity, and earn some meal vouchers. The hotel in Copenhagen started the free meal idea as a way to boost guests' fitness and shrink their carbon footprint, according
Read more...


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...


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...


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
Read more...


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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Danish Hotel Pays Its Guests to Generate Electricity on Exercise Bikes

Bored guests at a certain Crowne Plaza hotel can now skip the pricey mini-bar and hop on an exercise bike, generate some electricity, and earn some meal vouchers. The hotel in Copenhagen started the free meal idea as a way to boost guests' fitness and shrink their carbon footprint, according
Read more...


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
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...


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
Read more...


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
Read more...


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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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
Read more...


Danish Hotel Pays Its Guests to Generate Electricity on Exercise Bikes

Bored guests at a certain Crowne Plaza hotel can now skip the pricey mini-bar and hop on an exercise bike, generate some electricity, and earn some meal vouchers. The hotel in Copenhagen started the free meal idea as a way to boost guests' fitness and shrink their carbon footprint, according
Read more...


Video: A DIY iPhone-Controlled Car With Virtual-Reality Driver's-Seat Views

Our collegiate scholars hold our future in their hands, so it's always good to see them apply themselves to projects like WiDrive, a remote-controlled, camera-mounted car that can be driven in the first person using an iPhone and
Read more...


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
Read more...


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...


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