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R14 Light Bulb Salt-and-Pepper Shakers

Light bulb salt-and-pepper shakers made from reclaimed R14 mini reflector bulbs found burned out in an old china cabinet. The discovery that standard Edison bulb bases screw perfectly into 16 oz. PET...

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Gorgeous Antique British Light Switch

They don't make 'em like they used to. This is a Crabtree model A15051 single-gang AC light switch, with cast iron body, that I recently scored on eBay. It was likely manufactured in the 30s, 40s, or...

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Seek Thermal Imager HTC DNA Hack

Possibly the best gift I received in 2014 was this Seek thermal add-on imager for my phone. Unfortunately, the device comes with a non-reversible micro-USB plug attached, and the single jack on my HTC...

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“Drains to Creek,” 2014

This is a small manhole cover rubbing I took with my then-girlfriend Dr. Suzanne Stambaugh at a storm sewer on the corner opposite my old house. The three-fishes design indicates a sewer that empties...

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OCD Bristlebot

I made this little robot sometime in mid-2014 from a plastic toothbrush head, some fuse clips, a pager motor, a toggle switch, a scrap of copper-clad board, some double-stick tape, and a CR2032 coin...

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MSE-5: The Weekend Project That Wasn’t

This is a Herbie-style BEAM photovore with a reversing relay. But instead of a bump switch, the “retreat” reflex is triggered by a sharp, loud sound like a clap. It was developed for MAKE’s RadioShack...

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Styrofoam Plate Hovercraft: My Debut in Popular Science

Of course I knew for months in advance that this was coming, but what I did not know, until I actually received my copy of the March 2015 print issue, was that I also got a coverline. This project...

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Retrofitting a Classic Desk Fan With Leather Blades

When my cheap plastic box fan recently self-destructed, I “retrograded” to this lovely model 94646-E “Northwind” oscillating electric fan by Emerson Electric. Within ten minutes of turning it on for...

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Flameless Hack-o’-Lantern Featured in Popular Science

Fun fact: Halloween magazine content has to be in bed in the summer, when nobody is selling pumpkins. There is, however, a high quality brand of carve-able fake pumpkin, called a Funkin, which is...

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My Breadboard Brings All The Boys to The Yard

Damn right, it's better than yours. Continue reading →

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