The wet season started and so fire related projects are harder to do. So I planted this years crop of yams using a different technique. The stones covering the mounds protect the yams from predators such... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 470 views • 6:48

YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months ago • 450 views • 9:29

YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 428 views • 10:05

YouTube description: I didn't get much sleep the last two days, but it works! I'm going to keep working away on this project but in a different form factor. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 313 views • 12:14

YouTube description: Giant Mine sits near Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Once it was a productive gold mine, but after the gold ran out, the mining company went bankrupt and left... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 470 views • 4:34

In the mid-aughts, the police sergeant Ronald Watts knew how to exploit the lawlessness of the Ida B. Wells Homes. The Exoneration Project believes that he and his officers wrongly arrested hundreds of people.

posted by newtboy 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 934 views • 7:06

Coined in 1990 by author and attorney Mike Godwin, Godwin’s Law was originally, to quote Godwin “a project in memetic engineering”, partially inspired by a 1980s article he read in Whole Earth Review... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 20 views • 5:38

designed by Chrysler.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 4:40

YouTube description: In which John discusses the quality of 18th century French bread and the nearness of history. The books that most inspired this video are Cuisine and Culture by Linda Civitello... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 472 views • 3:23

YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading

posted by nanrod 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 524 views • 9:05

I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,024 views • 10:47

For this project you need cardboard, cutting knife, battery, electric motor, small nut and glue. The most important part - to measure needed coins and cut right holes :) This machine is very effective,... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 218 views • 4:59

Published on May 21, 2017 After four years of living off the grid we've gathered some wisdom we'd like to share with you. Please enjoy...ten MORE things we wish we'd known before we went off grid. ... continue reading

posted by Buck 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,850 views • 10:28

The purpose of this project was to test a simplified blower design connected to a furnace. I purposely did this to show that people in most natural environments should be able to replicate this design... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 559 views • 9:16

This is very much not how I remember it being reported around the time of the repair mission. I'm sure that at the time it was incorrectly reported as being due to the effect of grinding the mirror under... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,191 views • 7:52

YT: In this video Bill explains some of the engineering principles underlying the design of a DLP (digital light processing) 3D Printer. The printer featured is an Ember printer, manufactured originally... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,095 views • 12:06

Published on Jun 27, 2017 James O'Keefe, the investigative filmmaker behind Project Veritas, has released secret recordings of CNN health producer John Bonifield speaking candidly about the motivations... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 21 views • 11:07

I couldn't find any info on any projects like this, so I thought I would have a try myself. I thought an oven would be the perfect platform, it already has a door, space for insulation, and comes with... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 7:48

From YouTube: "SAFETY FIRST!!!!! Extremely Dangerous Experiment, I hold no responsibility for your actions!!!!! DEAD SHORTING A BATTERY IS NOT GOOD!!!!!!!! BE CAREFUL!!!! This is an extremely easy... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 10:01

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 weeks ago • 100 views • 6:27