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DIY LED Carpet-Light

For the craftsters & LED lovers, great idea by Johanna Hyrkas. The LED carpet-light: a simple, yet novel, DIY project. A single strand of LEDs is encased in a knit tube; the knit tube is wound together to form a carpet. Brush up on your knitting skills, and get creative.

Knitting & Crochet Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/8/2009

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Make Fuel With Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew is the answer. Inventor Paul Patone has devised a mechanism that converts soda into actual usable fuel. "It’s called the Geet Sytstem. Basically, it’s a fuel booster system that can connect to any engine. Patone said the best part is that the Geet System creates zero pollution. The engine isn’t exactly ...more

Eco-Friendly Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/8/2009

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No Lightsaber Required: DIY Jar Jar Binks Salad

Yum, geekdom fun. A Jar Jar salad. Wonderfully silly How-To from Only Knives: "A side dish from the Dark Side: Sculpt Jar Jar Binks out of a root vegetable." You'll need some serious sculpting skills, jicama and various salad ingredients. Click ...more

Salads Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/7/2009

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Sculpt Melted Cassette Tape Puddles Into Skulls

Cool cassette tape art by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer. From Design Boom: "...Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used to live, its used to fly around and play a vital role ...more

Sculpture Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/7/2009

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This Dude Builds Glaciers. Here's How.

Most DIY freaks do-it-themselves because they love it. Because they're curious, creative, and like to take the long road (or figure out an ingenious short cut). In the case of Chewang Norphel (aka the Ice Man), the need to do-it-himself was a little more dire: the survival of small Indian villages has been severely ...more

Eco-Friendly Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/7/2009

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DIY Contortionist-Cycle

Finally, a well designed solution to studio-style living. The Contortionist bicycle. London-native Dominic Hargreaves, unhappy with the available options, designed this folding bike himself (true DIY spirit). “I couldn’t find a folding bicycle I liked. I wanted something that could take a bit of punishment and that ...more

Cycling Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/6/2009

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Flickr Photos Reveal Harvard's True Colors

Cartograms are usually pretty mundane, but throw in Flickr, Photoshop, and a well-known public place and you have an artistic representation of popular colors. Much more eye-grabbing than your common map. The colors represent what people on the ground are looking at in the specific physical-cultural landscape. Based ...more

Other Applications Wonderment

By tenebrism on 11/6/2009

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Gyroscope Steadies Super Duper 3-Vertical-Camera-Rig for Nat Geo

California Redwoods are some of the oldest and tallest trees on Earth, so snapping a single photograph couldn't possibly capture their majestic entirety. Nick Nichols built a custom camera rig for the sole purpose of capturing the pure beauty and ...more

Photography Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/6/2009

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Japanese Dog Learns to Squat Like Owner-San

Japan loves their pets. This dog owner loves his border collie, named Kirin. He loves Kirin enough to make sure he gets his exercise. All it takes is a little dog training after all. More squats in the park:

Dogs Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/5/2009

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The Splinter: Car Woven Out of Wood

When you think about car customization, you think about installing a stereo or a turbocharger or something like that, but Joe Harmon and gang have gone a step further and built their own custom car - literally woven out of wood. The high-performance Splinter is made almost entirely of wood composites and is bonded ...more

Customization Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/5/2009

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Insanely GINORMOUS Treehouse

Whoa, presenting the world's hugest, tallest, largest Treehouse built by Horace Burgess of Crossville, Tennessee. According to USA Today, "It rises 97 feet into the sky, the support provided by a live, 80-foot-tall white oak 12 feet in diameter at its base. Six other trees brace the tower-like fortress... The ...more

Construction & Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/5/2009

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Slackline Record Holder Very Nearly Buys the Farm

Slacklining is an *extreme-nut* sport of balance. It is a version of "tightrope walking" across great heights (note: distinct difference from tightrope: the rope is not as taut, but more elastic, trampoline-like). Christian Schou currently holds the ...more

Climbing Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/4/2009

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Dexterous Bot Kicks Human-Butt at Pen Spinning

You can try and try, but all the practice in the world can't compete with this robotic hand's pen spinning skills. Ishikawa Komuro Lab's dexterous, high-speed robotic hand is lightning fast. It can close its fingers in less than 1/10th of a second ...more

Robots Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/4/2009

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Freaky Cornstarch Speakers Explained

The beautiful ectoplasmic dance of the cornstarch speaker monster is finally elucidated. In addition to being captivated by its eerily vibrant dance, you can now understand exactly why it happens, thanks to Collin Cunningham from MAKE. He gives a great explanation of cymatics - the study of visible sound and vibration ...more

Science Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/4/2009

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DIY Fancy-Ass Potato Chips

Luxirare, my very favorite, over-the-top, superfluous (in the best possible sense) recipe blog. We've witnessed the Pie-On-a-Stick, and marveled the beautiful Jell-O shots. Now Luxirare demonstrates how to make some fancy-ass chips. These aren't your typical store bought snacks. Interested in achieving this kind of ...more

Snacks Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/3/2009

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Japanese Guitar Prodigy Performs With Ozzy Osbourne

Yuto Miyazawa kicks ass at electric guitar. Seriously, this kid is out of this world. What other nine-year-old is invited to perform Crazy Train, on stage, with Rock-n-Roll God Ozzy Osbourne? Named the "youngest professional guitarist" by the ...more

Electric Guitar Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/3/2009

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World's Fastest Clapper

Behold, Kent "Toast" French, the Guinness World Record holder for fastest clapping. You might say, fast clapping? What kind of feat is that? Well, just watch. The video below gets pretty intense... Kent can clap 721 times in 60 seconds. That's 12 claps per second.

Novelty Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/3/2009

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YUMmmy Cheeseburger Cupcakes

Grossly-yummy DIY cheeseburger cupcakes by KateDW: "My boyfriend surprised me on my birthdaywith these amazing little cupcakes. They were a huge hit so we decided to make a how-to page for everyone that always asks about them. " Images below. For entire process, click through. Previously, In-N-Out Cheeseburger ...more

Cake Decorating Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/2/2009

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Architecture With a 720º Panaramic View

Evolver is a fun little piece of architecture with an incredible 720º panoramic view of Zermatt, Switzerland. The structure was built by second year students of the ALICE Studio at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). "A continuous opening follows and turns around a 720 degrees circulation, offering the ...more

Construction & Wonderment

By rmansur on 11/2/2009

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Solar Race Car Reaches 93MPH

If you saw this so-called automobile out on the street, you'd probably think a UFO had landed, but sure enough, it's a car - a solar powered race car. Japan's Tokai Challenger solar vehicle won the 2009 Global Green Challenge, with speeds of up to 93MPH, running at only 1.8KW (half the power of standard tea kettle ...more

Customization Wonderment

By tenebrism on 11/1/2009

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