DIY & How-To

Do It Yourself

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See VideoTracking fingers with the Wii Remote

Using an IR led array and some reflective tape, you can track fingers in thin air using the Wii Remote by Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. The grid software is a custom program written using a C# wiimote library and DirectX.

04:078 Nov 200758627.2
See VideoLow-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote

Using infrared (IR) light pens and the Wii Remote, it is possible to create very low-cost multi-point interactive whiteboards and multi-point tablet displays.

04:047 Dec 200738436.8
See VideoLevitating magnet - Meissner effect

This video of a levitating magnet demonstrates the Meissner effect (also known as the Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect) - the expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor.

01:4231 Jul 200636016.7
See VideoHow to make a Hoverboard Part 1

This video shows you how to build a hoverboard from scratch.

03:2415 May 20085226.1
See Video$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod

This instructional video shows you how to build a small, light weight video or photo camera stabilizer for less than $1.

01:3616 Jan 2008916.0
See VideoHow much food could you grow in your garden?

Judy Alexander demonstrates how she manages to grow an enormous amount and variety of food on her plot of land.

27:535 Dec 2007906.0
See VideoHow to make a Hoverboard Part 2

In this video Jason tries to improve on the design from part 1, showing you how to design a hoverboard that hovers on water.

03:2415 May 20081696.0
See Video15 year old from Malawi builds windmill using spare parts

William Kamkwamba, a school drop-out (his family couldn't afford the fees) who lives in a remote village with no electricity, built his family a windmill using bicycle parts and scrap materials. The young inventor only had a photograph in a primary school textbook on energy  to guide him.

06:0814 Feb 20081016.0
See VideoNon-Newtonian liquid - hole that does not disappear

A mixture of cornstarch or potato flour and water in a ratio between 2:1 and 3:2.

02:4415 Nov 200521135.4
See VideoScience experiment: How to get an Egg inside a Bottle

This video shows you how to get a hardboiled egg in a bottle even though it does not fit through the opening. It is possible to do this without breaking the egg.

02:087 Nov 200616085.3
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