Build a "Square Incher" Microkite

Plans for a mylar kite with with a surface area of about one and a half square inches (on each side). Perfect for a kite to fly in the breeze of your computer power-supply fan. (I used mylar from potato chip bag for mine.)

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[2008 Nov 21] [/do-it-yourself/low-tech] [#]

Pot-in-Pot

The Pot-in-Pot is a very low tech, no electricity, no compressor, refrigerator. As the name implies it is made from two pots, one inside the other, and the gap filled with wet sand. The evaporation of water from the middle layer is the source of the cooling. Invented by Mohammed Bah Abba of Nigeria.

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[2004 Mar 22] [/do-it-yourself/low-tech] [#]

Matchstick Rockets

Complete instructions to make a small rocket fueled by a single paper match.

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[2004 Feb 27] [/do-it-yourself/low-tech] [#]

Pepsi-G Stove

This is a camping stove made from aluminum cans and epoxy. The basic design works with most any soda or beer cans, but the specifics here are geared towards a 12oz Pepsi can and a 14.9oz Guinness can.

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[2004 Feb 05] [/do-it-yourself/low-tech] [#]

Pinhole photography by Justin Quinnell

Some photographs and several different pinhole camera designs, ranging from 110 based mini-camera that can take pictures from inside a mouth, to "wheely bin" garbage can cameras that use 1.4m x 1m paper.

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[2004 Jan 28] [/do-it-yourself/low-tech] [#]

Homemade Coil Lanyards

Cheap phone cords have many non-telephone uses, apparently.

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[2003 Dec 02] [/do-it-yourself/low-tech] [#]

BurundiDirect: Plastic Bag Soccer Ball

This story of ubbish to functional football, with pictures of every step, comes from the African nation of Burundi.

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[2003 Oct 27] [/do-it-yourself/low-tech] [#]