In his neverending quest to life off the grid, Mikey Sklar made a LED grow lamp from some LEDs, a power supply, and an old broiler pan, which functions as a heat sink....

This is an interesting way to make a thermal wall for those really sunny windows in your home. I really like the idea of adding plants to the water, but I am not sure...

Kevin made an awesome chicken skeleton with his son, he writes - As a lesson in anatomy, my son and I reassembled a chicken skeleton from the bones remaining after a...

If you want to make a boat, for non-commercial purposes, then this is a must-visit website. It has over 75 free plans to build a variety of different boats. I think my...

Show your cat just how much you love them with this project. I know a lot of cats like to drink from the faucet. The problem is getting them to turn the water off when...

Today’s feature is from Diary of a Vermont Eco Builder with Kitchen Sub-Floor & Layout: In keeping with our eco design model, and just for the sheer fun of it,...

How To Tell If A Wall Is Painted With Oil Paint Or Latex: Pour some non-acetone nail polish remover or rubbing alcohol onto a clean rag and scrub the wall. If the paint...

Filed under: handhelds hacks, daily[PKM] decided to breathe new life into a Psion 5mx handheld. He slapped linux on it, added a wikipedia dump to a CD card, and voila:...

Patrick shares results from his mammalian video exposé using motion activated video recording - Our 4-year old son left a piece of cheese out to see if there would be...

Sean writes in with a lug nut pill case for gearheads! This is a pill case made from a lug nut, a matching threaded bolt, and an o-ring. In the prototype shown, the...

Bob writes - Your "Animals caught on tape" article reminded me of my project last year, where I put a webcam in a bird house and captured videos of the nest, the eggs,...

You've read about it - now you too can follow your own pet vegetation on twitter! - The Botanicalls Twitter kit includes all the hardware you need to create a...

This one is for Dale since the last phone conference call we had he was feeding his chickens... Solar powered poultry lighting - put together a solar system to power...

So you think you are a great model maker? Maybe so, but have you seen this working 1/8 scale John Deere tractor? The attention to detail is amazing, and the final model...

Welding by Mr. Jalopy. If you need metal stuck together, there is no quicker path than buying a portable 110-volt wire-feed welder. Mr. Jalopy's introduction to...

This looks like a fun project to make. All you need is some copper pipe, a dowel, and epoxy. It seems like a fairly straightforward build, but beware of the "fipple",...

The latest Phrack Magazine has a good article on Wi-Fi finder hacking... Christmas has passed, and in the cold weeks since we have already become bored with the shiny...

Evil Mad Scientist Auxiliary member Fightingsquid built this aesthetically pleasing Peggy board display. Nice use of multiple LED sizes. Possibly a relative of the...

I made something like this when I was about 10 years old. My version wasn't as complicated, and it sank in a matter of minutes. I really like the use of a nail and coil...

Gijs made this really nice synthesizer that sounds great. Make sure to check out the website, because it has a lot of photos, videos and MP3's of the synth in...