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A water-powered jetpack
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The Prism is part laser synth, part guitar, pure fun
Blowing up cheese with nitrous oxide
The world’s fastest remote-control car
So we put a jet turbine on our ATV…
Home-Brewing Biochar in Brooklyn
DIY from the archives: make your own magnetic postage scale
Ultra-Bright Synchrotron Promises World’s Highest-Resolution Images of Atoms
A device that gives you reminders when you need them most
Old flatbed scanner + 50mm lens = amazing 130-megapixel scancam
Army mechanic’s garage tinkering yields 18-foot mecha exoskeleton
Sculpting in solid mercury, with some help from liquid nitrogen
How Does That Bed of Nails Really Feel?
DIY from the archives: a humane bug zapper from 1971
How to make quick pickles
The 2009 Invention Awards
Drink-slinging droid
Gray Matter: Apple juice
PopSci DIY: a newspaper baler, updated from the archives
Ramps, a wild harvest
The smallest OS in the West
A scientific approach to dessert
I don’t know: Alaska
The fastest boot in the West
For Easy Prototyping, Surf’s Up
Bright Idea: The plastic bottle lamp
Pennywise solar power
How to make an iPhone app: part 3
Robotic adventures at the FIRST competition
Fashion Nerd: a whole new kind of DIY
Extreme Shepherding
How to make an iPhone app: part 2
Gray Matter: Blowing (up) hydrogen bubbles
Shades of green
Make a guess game
A really tiny tinyCylon
A DIY proposal
Agave nectar, a sweetener for any occasion
DIY grow lights
Dot-to-dot programming
New music from an old iPod
PopSci 5-Minute Project video: insta-cool beer chiller
PopSci 5-Minute Project video: CD dumbbell
Polyphemus demonstration and evaluation kit
Straight to video
DIY Gas Mask: A PopSci Fan’s Step-by-Step Guide
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Complex Sound Generator IC is Back
Making vinegar at home
A silent electric plane
Gray Matter: Making glass in a grill
This finder’s a keeper
Plug In Your Prius
Polish the AppleTV
Xanthan gum, or my first hydrocolloid
Pedal-powered Panzer
Pocket Rocket Komet
The 5-minute rocket
If it’s good enough for astronauts, it’s good enough for us
Ask a Geek: What can I do with Twitter?
Gray Matter: Metal’s hidden treasure
A six-pack of “light” beer
Hacking the Esquire e-ink cover
Make your own ammo