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In just three years, Instructables.com has become one of the hottest destinations for makers and DIY enthusiasts of all stripes. Known as "the world's biggest show & tell," makers from around the globe post how-to articles on a staggering variety of topics -- from collecting rainwater for lawn care to hacking toy robots to extracting squid ink. Now, with more than 10,000 articles, the Instructables staff and editors of MAKE: magazine -- with help from the Instructables community -- have put together a collection of solid, time- and user-tested technology and craft projects from the site. The B.

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Welcome; 1: Home & Garden; IKEA Hacks; Magnetic Refrigerator Lights; Mad Scientist's Light; Ten-Green Modular Shelving; Invisible Bookshelf; Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp; Plank Chair; Stool Made from Bike Parts and Crutches; Wireless Home Router with Analog Utilization Meter; Universal Lamp Shade Polygon Building Kit; Pipe Dream Bed; Beanbag Sofa/Bed; Concrete Light Bulb Wall Hook; 2: Food; Crafting a Bento; "1UP Mushroom" Mushroom Burger!; How to Make Carbonated Fruit; How To Build a Pit Oven; Hobo Stove from Tin Can; How to Eat a Banana Like a Monkey; Food Hacks.
• 3: PhotographyString Tripod; Super Simple Light Tent; LED Light Drawing Pens; 4: Science; Light Bulb Greenhouse; Grow Your Own Bioluminescent Algae; 3D Magnetic Field Viewer; Measure the Speed of Light with Chocolate!; 5: Computers; Nintendo NES PC; Lego USB Stick; Milkscanner; 30-Minute USB Microscope; Easy, Cheap, Animated Cartoon in 10 Minutes; 3D Laser Scanner; 6: Electronics; LED Throwies; Programmable LED; Ghetto AVR Programmer; Arduino Charlieplexed Heart; Ultra TV-B-Gone; Dance Messenger; 7: Robotics; How to Build Your First Robot; How to Make an OAWR (Obstacle Avoiding Walking Robot).
• Balancing RobotGive the Gift of Robot Invasion; Mousebot Revisited; 8: Ride; Turn Signal Biking Jacket; Visor-Cleaning Wiper Glove; Atomic Zombie's ChopWork Orange Chopper Bicycle; Drainage Luge; Solar-Powered Trike; How To Get a Free Yacht; 9: Craft; Altoids Tin Projects; The Blow Brush; Electric Umbrella; Etching Brass Plates; Screen Printing: Cheap, Dirty, and at Home; Controlled Bleaching with Discharge Paste; Paracord Bracelet with a Side-Release Buckle; A Dozen Red Origami Roses; Blank Books from Office Paper; How to Make Your Own Plastic Vacuum Former; Computer Keyboard Wallet.
• Duct Tape Rose10: Entertainment; Stuffed-Animal Headphones; Earbud Cord Wrapper; Make an iPod Speaker from a Hallmark Music Card; Munny Speakers; Start a Guerrilla Drive-in (aka MobMov); 11: Fun & Games; The Marshmallow Shooter; Realistic Werewolf Costume; Guitar Hero Hack: Key Molding; The Office Supplies Trebuchet; Fix the Red Ring of Death! (without towels!); Make Your Own Star Wars-Style Sword; Blinkybug, Maker Faire Version; Build a Water Mortar; An Iron Man-Style Arc Reactor; Make an Awesome Magic Wand; Post Office Drawings; Jar of Fireflies; 12: Tools; Third Hand++
• Guide to Field SolderingFlashlight Business Card; Dot Matrix Business Card; Notebook Mods; Top Tool Tips; Easy to Build Desktop 3-Axis CNC Milling Machine; Tim's Tool Tricks; The Best of Instructables Community Contest; Thank You!; Contributors; How to Contact Us; Index.

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English

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Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Best of Instructables Volume I : Do-It-Yourself Projects from the World's Biggest Show & amp; Tell [by Com, T.e.a.M.m.a.I.] (Sebastopol : O'Reilly Media, Inc., ©2008 — ISBN 9780596519520)

Subjects:

Industrial arts — Amateurs' manuals

Inventions

Technological innovations — Popular works

Technology — Experiments

Technology — Popular works

Arts

Science

Industrial arts

Technological innovations

Technology

Genres:

Popular works

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

Includes index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

T47 .T443 2009eb

ISBNs:

9780596156701 (electronic bk.)
0596156707 (electronic bk.)
9781457183508
1457183501

OCLC Numbers:

775300486