diy

Pruck this: Toyota Prius gets the El Camino treatment (and a plug-in powertrain)

postato da www.autobloggreen.com | ieri

...him, "until I install a pack of my own design." Perhaps because he's worried about faults with the forthcoming DIY pack, the plug-in hybrid electric system has an off switch. Right now, the pack will push the Pruck along...

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auto be yours, 

autobeyours, 

prius phev, 

prius plug in hybrid, 

prius truck, 

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Video profile of "World's First Cyborg" Kevin Warwick

postato da boingboing.net | 11 agosto 2010

..., and we won't be able to switch it off." [ via BB Submitterator ] Self-experimentation in Scientific American DIY self-RFID-chipping HOWTO, Wed. Jan 4 at Dorkbot in NYC - Boing ... Video of a guy implanting an RFID chip...

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submitterator, 

technology, 

video, 

weird

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Home-made laser runs on exhaled breath

postato da boingboing.net | 27 luglio 2010

...e a much narrower pressure range over which lasing will occur. But I like it anyway - it doesn't get much more DIY than this! Magx1 doesn't provide a lot of detail on how he built this laser, but you can find a lot of go...

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science, 

submitterator

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Fridges built from old iceboxes

postato da boingboing.net | 21 luglio 2010

...) Modular multi-compartment fridge for student houses Fridge full of BO Retro Mega-Fridge: Huge, Red and $10K! DIY Low-NRG Fridge: Coolest Ice Box Ever? Will a clean fridge get you laid? Stinkum from fridge full of putri...

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art and design, 

technology, 

appliance, 

housewares, 

italy, 

oldschool

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Extension cord lamp kit

postato da boingboing.net | 5 luglio 2010

...Here's Craighton Berman's DIY Extension Cord Lamp Kit from the Makers Market: coil an extension cord around the laser-cut acrylic frame and presto, instant lamp! Coiled extension cord lamp kit Lamp made out of egg carton...

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art and design, 

gadgets, 

clever, 

furnishing, 

lamp, 

maker

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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, Steven Levy interviewed by Dale Dougherty

postato da boingboing.net | 28 giugno 2010

...y O'Reilly in a 25th Anniversary Edition. If you haven't read it yet, Hackers is a terrific telling of how the DIY mindset (and of course some shrewd business dealings) gave birth to the personal computer industry. The n...

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technology

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BodyShock The Future: submit ideas to improve global health

postato da boingboing.net | 24 giugno 2010

...deas to improve global health over the next 3-10 years by transforming our bodies and lifestyles. Are you: • a DIY scientist trying to extend healthy human life? • a developer who wants to invent a mobile diabetes app? •...

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action

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Made by Hand in LA Times' Brand X

postato da boingboing.net | 2 giugno 2010

... Test Lab • "It was an easy and pleasurable read." -- NovoKane • "...the author makes a persuasive case that a DIY approach can help its practitioners achieve "a richer and more meaningful life, a life of engagement with...

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culture

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Scraper Bikes at Maker Faire

postato da boingboing.net | 22 maggio 2010

...ybe Champ, and the Scraper Bikes phenomenon he started in Oakland. Nina Alter, a Boing Boing reader and fellow DIY culture enthusiast, is sponsoring his presence there and says, "He's an amazing kid doing some great work...

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culture, 

kids, 

maker

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