Fun Time! Build A Table From Recycled Wood By Hand!

Scenes From Alkmaar 1914 And 2014, Side By Side

Alkmaar 1914 and 2014

Brooklyn Studio Apartment Converted To Two Bedroom+

Travel Photo of the Week

The Oregon Coast at Lincoln City

Artificial Spleen Removes Ebola, HIV Viruses And Toxins From Blood

More information HERE.

New Bioinspired Approach to Sepsis Therapy

Mushroom Insulated Tiny House

This tiny house is insulated entirely by Ecovative’s Mushroom® Insulation.

From the website I found it on.....

"Ecovative uses mycelium (mushroom “roots”) to bond together agricultural byproducts like corn stalks into a material that can replace plastic foam. We’ve been selling it for a few years as protective packaging, helping big companies replace thousands of Styrofoam (EPS), and other plastic foam packaging parts. We’re now working to develop new products for building materials. This project is an exciting, radical and innovative approach to try a bunch of ideas, learn a lot, and grow something really awesome.

"Here’s how it works. Mushroom Insulation grows into wood forms over the course of a few days, forming an airtight seal. It dries over the next month (kind of like how concrete cures) and you are left with an airtight wall that is extremely strong. Best yet, it saves on material costs, as you don’t need any studs in the wall, and it gives you great thermal performance since it’s one continuous insulated wall assembly. "

Sunday Bonus Fun Time! ‘Star S’Mores’, A Tasty ‘Sesame Street’ Parody of the ‘Star Wars’!

Fun Time! A Rube Goldberg Machine Powered By Light!

Who care if it's a Japanese advert. This is cool.

A Child's Broken Arm Properly Healed Using 3D Printed Implants

A 3D Printed Breakthrough for Complex Children’s Fractures

The Guide To Not Buying A 3D Printer

Epic 3D printer fail.

With all the excitement over 3D printing, I thought it might be a good idea to offer information from chopmeister, who appears to have written a very good how-not-to-mess-up-when-buying-a-3D-printer guide.

The basics? Be careful believing jargon, technobabble, claims that anyone can use it because it's "open-source" and comparison tables of competing products.

Be especially wary of the words "Revolutionary, patent-pending, groundbreaking" because as the author states, "Usually (and usually does not mean always) indicates crappy printer. It's the same like all that "as seen on TV" stuff."

Me? I've already have a Micro3D on order, so I just broke all his rules. Let's see what happens.