About: I post updates on twitter and instagram: @amandaghassaei More About amandaghassaei » In order to explore the current limits of 3D printing technology, I've created a technique for converting digital audio files into 3D-printable, 33rpm records and printed a few functional prototypes that play on ordinary record players. Though the audio quality is low -the records have a sampling rate of 11

Introduction: A Sandstone Block Built From Lego, Blending Real Objects With 3d Prints By combining 3d scanning, 3d digital modelling, and 3d printing, it is possible to create amazing and surprising effects, objects that can seamlessly blend between reality and imagination. In this tutorial, I describe the process of making a full colour 3d printed object that seamlessly fits on to a real sandston

Push the hose onto the chucks. It should be a very tight fit. If it is too tight you can soften the hose by heating it in warm water. Take your bike and go find a hummer (or some other overweight vehicle). Fold the hose in your hand so you don't waste any precious energy. Attach one end to the automobile tyre and the other to your bike. When you unfold the hose you can hear a hiss. That is the sou

About: Frivolous Engineering is the end result of a hobby that got out of hand. More About Frivolous Engineering » And Yet Everybody wants one?!!??? AKA: The Ultimate Machine! AKA: Leave-Me-Alone-Box We manufacture the Best Useless Machine Kit out there: "Weird Al" Yankovic Sez:"I never realized till now how much I needed one of these." AS SEEN ON TV! Make Magazine's amiable editor-in-chief, Mark

Introduction: Build Your Own Marimba and Wrap Your Own Mallets! Let me start by explaining where and from whom I got help. I used this website to get some basic information on how wide and long to cut the marimba bars. In fabrication I got help from one family member who helped rough cut some of the bars. The rest is all my work. I am a mallet percussionist who loves the marimba. About four years

About: Amy Khoshbin is a Brooklyn-based artist. She creates hybrid works using performance, video, and interactive media to explore the production and transmission of narratives both personal and cultural. She has sh… More About semiotech » by: amy khoshbin her website:www.tinyscissors.com when your coin slot is exposed, this wearable hip-pack vibrates that area to make you aware of it. you decide

Make your own tetris block silicone ice cube tray. The mold created in this project can be used for much more than just ice cubes- try making Jello tetris pieces, or tetris soap, tetris Popsicles, or even tetris ground beef squares! Mmmmm ... ground beef squares The materials and design for this project are somewhat flexible. The idea is to create many different 1" cubes, and piece them together i

About: I helped start Instructables, previously worked in biotech and academic research labs, and have a degree in biology from MIT. Currently head of Product helping young startups at Alchemist Accelerator, previous… More About canida » Hacked travel-size (hardware) mouse + taxidermied (wetware) mouse = Mouse Mouse! Fully functional, and furry! Warning: this project involves taxidermy, dremels, a

Do you have a skateboard that is gathering dust in the corner of your garage? Breathe some new life into those wheels by zapping them with some volts. Specifically, attaching a battery-powered electric drill to the front of your skateboard will provide effortless nosegrinding and endless hours of fun. Three factors will enhance your battery-powered skateboarding: 1. More Volts. Higher voltage batt

Book Good sized "L" Bracket Carpet Knife Pen Small wood screws (of the flat headed variety) Large wood screws Tape Measure or Ruler Glue A Stack of Books for Weight A friend at work gave me a stack of Stephen King books that were collecting dust in his garage. My previous two shelves from the introduction were free books that my public library was trying to get rid of. Use a book you don't mind ne

This instructable will show you how to make those nifty 3D virtual-reality "tours," that you see on some web-pages, in Windows, using entirely free software. If you're not quite sure what I'm talking about, this is a VR panorama from WWU's campus, which I'll be making for an example in this instructable. Here's a list of things you'll need Hardware: 1) A Digital Camera. I used a Canon EOS20D Digit

This is a bag I made from floppy disks. I found scads of floppy disks in a dumpster and wanted to make plate mail armor out of it (that is my next floppy project) I found out that a bag would be a great proof of concept project. Here goes... Check out the update (2008) and my new bag: Floppy Disk Bag: Install Disk 2 Drill, hand, regular or trephine 1/8" drill bit Pliers, I used bulldog pliers Flop

This tutorial is brought to you my good friend at february-stars.com I thought I'd share this crash course in creating amazingly hot vector artwork.