air conditioning How to build your own air conditioner Seamus Bellamy

Funny Automatic swear machine Xeni Jardin

electronics Race AA batteries through tubes made of copper wire Rob Beschizza

Copyfight Artists against Article 13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn't matter who gets the bigger piece Cory Doctorow

Copyfight As the German Government Abandons Small Businesses, the Worst Parts of the EU Copyright Directive Come Roaring Back, Made Even Worse Cory Doctorow

the moving image Interactive animation of why NYC's subway is so slow Clive Thompson

the street finds its own uses Inside Cuba's massive, weekly, human-curated sneakernet Clive Thompson

web theory David Byrne: The secret appeal of technology is that it takes away the need to talk to people Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Touring, complete: what gear survived four months of hard-wearing book-tour? Cory Doctorow

Science Working model of female reproductive system has first period David Pescovitz

makers Favorite tools of Danielle Applestone, CEO of Other Machine Co. Mark Frauenfelder

Business Millions of lead-filled CRTs have been abandoned in warehouses across America Cory Doctorow

art Soylent dick: a sculpture made of Soylent that spurts more Soylent when you praise Soylent Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Protopiper: tape-gun-based 3D printer extrudes full-size furniture prototypes Cory Doctorow

materials Microlattice: Metal That's 100 Times Lighter than Styrofoam Mark Frauenfelder

Technology A better solution for astronauts who drink their own piss David Pescovitz

family Intro to measuring tools Steve Hoefer

Borg Like Me Gareth Branwyn

Delightful Creatures Build Your Own Mason Bee House Bob Knetzger