For a while now, I’ve been searching for a way to integrate all of the various content I’m generating (including Google Reader [shared items], YouTube, and whatever else) into a single webpage and RSS feed.  A few months back, I’d “solved” the Twitter problem with a WordPress plugin that tweets when I post here.  With my recent [...]

James demonstrates how to wind an extension cord such that its easy to uncoil, tangle free.

Waterfall in Aix-en-Provence, France. (Photo: Mat3270)
“Didn’t you write that you believed BrainQUICKEN couldn’t be sold?”
The question — a common one — was from writer John Warrillow and for an article in Inc. Magazine.
The embarrassing …

Mark this day, folks, because the brainiacs have finally made a breakthrough in quantum teleportation: a team of scientists from Australia and Japan have successfully transferred a complex set of quantum data in light form. You see, previously researc…

More of the Panasonic industrial robot arms, now at full power. The video doesn't show it, but we've rigged the controllers to provide full operating voltage, and are just using a DPDT (center off) switch to act as a reversible motor control.
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If you’d like to try your hand at turning on a lathe, but don’t want to shell out for a machine, how about printing your own EZLathe? Paul writes:
So I’ve built a complete mini lathe system I’m calling the EZLathe… Fully 3D Printable except…

I uploaded a YouTube video: Brandon and Kevin built a LoL Shield kit; See it in operation!

Brandon and Kevin built a LoL Shield kit; See it in operation!

MAKE’s interview with hardware hacker Akiba highlighted a fascinating trend: individuals and small groups taking their safety into their own hands by creating, modifying, and networking radiation detectors, a.k.a. Geiger counters, rather than relying…