Wonder How To » How To Videos & How-To Articles Inception in Real Life: Make These Lucid Dreaming Glasses and Take Control of Your Dreams Inception in Real Life: Make These Lucid Dreaming Glasses and Take Control of Your Dreams Dreams are like an internal human holodeck. Inside your mind, anything is possible, from your grandest wishes to your worst nightmares. This is all well and good, but what if you could control your dreams and become the omniscient god of a handpicked reality whenever you go to sleep? Inception took this idea to the logical extreme by invading other people's dreams. While we can't hack into the dreams of others, we can definitely play an action hero movie star in our own! Today, we are going to make our own lucid dreaming goggles and hack our subconscious into submission. Materials Goggles or glassesLEDs (2)ATtiny85 microcontroller8-pin chip holderAVR programmer or Arduino3 volt coin cell batteryBattery holderperfboardSwitch Step 1 Cut the Goggles Mark where your eye level is on each lens of the goggles. Ideally, the hole should be just wide enough that the LEDs are held in place. Step 2 Program the Chip
Lunchbox Laser Shows Open Source Coolarity Wayne and I have made 5 boxen so far: 2 Lumias (red and red-and-green), a Diffracterator (green), and 2 Motiondizers (violet and green). And as for Penguicon, things worked very well. The DJ at the dance party wanted to buy a Diffracterator on the spot. I Sing the Lunchbox Electric Since the boxen run off batteries, you can do shows in camp. For indoor gigs, Wayne also built a massive power supply into a project case, and I found a suitable snake cable online that we use to get 12V DC to everything that needs it. We also have several wall-wart power supplies we picked up at ham fests and such. The Wobbulator disk on the Diffracterator, incidentally, is my one contribution to world culture. Feeding the Motiondizer The Motiondizer needs full-strength input from your audio system, so if you also want to hear your regular speakers, you may need a splitter such as a distribution amplifier (DA). Variations A good place to start: laserpointerforums.com
Interesting Website Collection 100 Incredibly Useful and Interesting Web Sites Even as the Web has become more entertaining--and certainly better looking--over the past 15 years, it has also become much more useful and practical, as the 100 sites in this feature will demonstrate. I've organized the sites in the list by the type of task they help you with. It is not a ranking; in each category I recommend sites that specialize in a different area than the others. Most Useful Web Sites by Category 9 Sites to Help You Survive the Recession A growing number of good Web sites, like Prosper and Bankrate, are popping up, offering you cool tools to help you manage and conserve your money. 8 Great How-to Web Sites Because of sites like Yahoo Answers and Instructables, the Web has become the first stop for people trying to fix something, build something, or learn a new skill. Find and Watch TV and Movies Online Web video is everywhere online these days -- and not just on YouTube. 7 Great Sites About Music and Literature Life's a lot better with good music and books. Extras:
TrickLife.com 100 Websites You Should Know and Use In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH.
∆DIY∆ Chalkboard Wall Things you need for this DIY: *chalkboard paint *painter's tape *a wall *painting supplies chalkboard wall diy I'm not gonna go through the steps of painting a wall. I will say that the taping is the most important part so make sure it's on really well. Your hands will look like this afterward. chalkboard wall diy And your bunny will think it's legit. Games for high school students,fun educational online game site for teens,business activities for college students,youth Hello, welcome to Learn4Good.com, where you can play free fun online games & interesting business strategy simulation activities. Exercise & challenge your brain. Be the best that you can be, and enjoy these games with friends and family. If you are a tycoon game enthusiast, prepare yourself for an epic economics and trade game set in an enthralling period in American history. The ‘Frontier’ is a term used to describe an expanding area in North America during a period in time between the early 17th century and early 20th century which saw the migration westward of settlements of Europeans and their descendants. Frontier is essentially a very good business management-style strategy game with some turn-based fighting thrown into the mix! Play this Game 3rd World Farmer is a serious-thought-provoking online game and business strategy simulation activity for high school teens and college students where you have to manage an impoverished farm in a dried out desert area of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Scrolling Text Time Waster The Knotted Headband Tutorial My husband came home one day with a headband he had found in a parking lot (I know...sooo sanitary) and said "I bet you could make one of these" so I did...because I'm all for stealing awesome ideas. Difficulty: Medium Time: 30 minutes Cost: Under $10 Fun-ness: Why would I do a boring project? Materials: Yarn (100% cotton for a crisp look, acrylic for a softer look) Size H or J hook Ribbon (approximately 1/2 inch wide) Hot Glue Gun Directions Step 1: Creating the Chains And that's it! So wear your headband with pride! Love the headband, but don't want to make it yourself?
Adorable DIY Ear Warmers How gorgeous are these ear warmers?? I love all the different styles you can make from one tute as well. When I spied these on Delia Creates I just had to beg Delia to share the DIY with you, and lucky us, she agreed! Take it away Delia: With autumn here and winter right around the corner, it is the perfect time to make these easy ear warmers! For this one I added some pleats up the side and added some flowers. For this one I used a sleeve off an old thermal knit shirt. And this one is fleece with a matching knit fabric sewn over it and a nice pretty recycled knit bow. You’re so excited now right? And remember to leave Delia a comment, because this week’s favorite commenter wins those gorgeous embroidery patterns pictured up on the left! DIY Ear Warmers The idea is pretty simple. Taper the ends to an ending width of about 1 1/2 inches wide. Add pleats if you so desire. Fold the sides under and sew. Add a button hole and a button at the ends. Embellish to your hearts delight. All done.
braided headbands I am STILL growing my hair out and while I have surpassed the really difficult stage, it seems I am always one bad hair day away from shaving my head. I've done it before and could do it again- once you know how easy it is to have short hair or very little hair, it is SO tempting to go back. That is why having lots of hair accessories on hand is a MUST! I have a variety of ways that I like to pull my hair back and lately I've been having fun making my own braided headbands. They are really easy to make and super cute to wear on a bad hair day :) Start with a blank headband or even upcycle one that you are ok covering up. Using fabric (pretty much anything), cut into strips a little longer than the headband and braid the strips. I used a thin and stretchy jersey fabric. Using craft glue or hot glue, wrap the headband with a strip of the same fabric. Glue the braid to the top of the wrapped headband. You could use just about any kind of fabric, fiber, lace, ribbon, etc to braid