Refarm the city (aka re:farm) is a collective project started and led by Hernani Dias with the purpose of developing open source software and hardware tools for urban farmers.
In its creators' words, the project is a ...
refarm the city :: open source tools for urban farmers
Tools
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments was a children's chemistry book written in the 1960s by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus, showing how to set up your own home laboratory and conduct over 200 experiments. ...
This featured video is part one of five in Nanoseries, introducing carbon nanotubes.
What is a carbon nanotube?
Here is the rest of the series-
How are carbon nanotubes made?
How can we see carbon ...
nanoseries – what is a carbon nanotube?
Conductive Materials
This solar clothes washer was made by 2nd year art students from the École Supérieure d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence (France). The challenge was to make a DIY washing machine using only materials available in the sahara. The ...
the open source washing machine project
Tools
In addition to a very interesting OLED tutorial, the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (University of Wisconsin) also has online a video lab manual with step-by-step procedures, from basic to advanced, ...
nano materials tutorials
Resources
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin has available on its site a highly experimental, but apparently feasible, tutorial for producing DIY OLEDs using conductive glass and a ...
DIY OLED
Ceramics & Glass, Techniques
This mitten lights up when its wearer shakes hands with someone. It has two exposed soft contacts around the thumb and across the palm which, when bridged by bare skin, turn on the LED embedded on the flower. The mitten ...
light up handshake glove
Conductive Materials, Materials 101, Techniques, Textiles
growth modeling device is an artwork by David Bowen which involves a system using lasers to scan an onion plant from one of three angles, which then creates a plastic model based on the information collected.
The ...
growth modeling device
Tools
Here are some great online resources, many in the public domain, for woodworkers. A favorite of mine is the classic Machinery's Handbook For Machine Shop and Drafting Room:
"a reference book on machine design and shop ...
woodworkers resources
Resources
Inspired by the paperduino, the cardboarduino is a physically larger version (with space for a 9V battery), designed by Allegheny College's faculty member Matt Jadud, as way to introduce students to the fundamentals of ...
the cardboarduino
Circuits, Paper, Techniques
foldschool is website with free templates for making cardboard furniture for kids. The template patterns can be printed out with any printer. The designs are not only stable and extremely useful, but pretty cool looking ...
foldschool
Paper, Techniques
