It’s always exciting for me to run across a new tiny house project. Somehow this one stayed off my radar until today. It’s a Tumbleweed Fencl built by a fellow named Jeremy in Indiana. On his website he says he’s planning on selling this one to h…

Those interested in mechanisms and horology will probably enjoy the hypnotic action of this single-pin escapement executed in Lego by YouTuber horolophile. An “escapement,” FYI, is the mechanism in a timepiece that converts continuous rotational mot…

Patrick alerted me to his pallet house project by posting photos on the Tiny House Design facebook page. He’s taken the trailer from a dilapidated travel trailer and begin to build a tiny house based loosly on the Tumbleweed Tarleton and some pallet …

I love going behind the scenes, so I was super excited when I got the chance to visit Peter Sandback’s modern and bright studio located in southern New Hampshire. Originally built as a commercial garage, Sandback converted the building — se…

A great way to build a tiny house is with friends – kind of like a mini-house raising. Ryo Chijiiwa did just that a couple of weekends ago at his property in a remote part of northern California. Ryo had already built a little hut but wanted somethin…

The LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino. The LEDs are individually addressable, so you can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. Scroll text, play games, display images, or anything else you want to do.
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The latest project from Molly’s Sketchbook over at the Purl Bee is this functional and stylish dopp kitt. It’s a perfect way to add a little style and flair to typically boring travel toiletry cases.

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Simon from Auckland, New Zealand, created his own station for receiving signals from weather satellites using a homemade antenna using coax and PVC. I really enjoyed his write-up, it’s very informative and contains tons of links.

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Joe Saavedra writes: This tutorial will go through the steps involved in fabricating your own Arduino-compatible circuit using just ~$8 of parts (this includes the ATMega chip!). This is perfect for installing and embedding in permanent pieces , as you don’t need to waste a full $30 Arduino board in a project you will never [...]