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Have a great idea for a tool, gadget, attachment, structure, or other object that laptop users might want to create? List it below, with a brief descriptoin. If the description runs to more than a couple of paragraphs, consider making a separate page for it and linking to that from this one. |
Have a great idea for a tool, gadget, attachment, structure, or other object that laptop users might want to create? List it below, with a brief descriptoin. If the description runs to more than a couple of paragraphs, consider making a separate page for it and linking to that from this one. |
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Aside from Instructables (see the top section below), other groups to get such content from include [http://wikihow.com eHow/WikiHow] and the Concord Consortium. |
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| ⚫ | Instructables.com now has a group devoted to building how-tos that might be interesting to OLPC. If you have a full-fledged how-to in mind, you can build it there and get feedback; if you have a design in mind but don't know how to create it, list it further down the page and hope that someone else will figure out an inexpensive way to get it done. |
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| ⚫ | [http://www.instructables.com Instructables.com] now has a group[http://www.instructables.com/group/olpccontent/] devoted to building how-tos that might be interesting to OLPC. If you have a full-fledged how-to in mind, you can build it there and get feedback; if you have a design in mind but don't know how to create it, list it further down the page and hope that someone else will figure out an inexpensive way to get it done. |
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Their current list of projects includes: |
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== Engineering how-tos == |
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There are many great do it yourself projects for budding engineers. Please add to the list below, with links to available freely-licensed how-to collections where possible. |
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* A simple flywheel |
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* A rotor |
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* A wheel[barrow] |
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* ... |
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== Beverage-can stove == |
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Wikipedia has a lovely [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage-can_stove article] on the topic, could easily be made into a how-to. |
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Revision as of 19:47, 28 August 2006
Have a great idea for a tool, gadget, attachment, structure, or other object that laptop users might want to create? List it below, with a brief descriptoin. If the description runs to more than a couple of paragraphs, consider making a separate page for it and linking to that from this one.
Aside from Instructables (see the top section below), other groups to get such content from include eHow/WikiHow and the Concord Consortium.
How-tos on Instructables
Instructables.com now has a group[1] devoted to building how-tos that might be interesting to OLPC. If you have a full-fledged how-to in mind, you can build it there and get feedback; if you have a design in mind but don't know how to create it, list it further down the page and hope that someone else will figure out an inexpensive way to get it done.
Their current list of projects includes:
- A Universal Nut Sheller
- A simple fish trap
- A plastic-bag glove for handling chemicals
- An easy way to do animations with a whiteboard and camera
Engineering how-tos
There are many great do it yourself projects for budding engineers. Please add to the list below, with links to available freely-licensed how-to collections where possible.
- A simple flywheel
- A rotor
- A wheel[barrow]
- ...
Beverage-can stove
Wikipedia has a lovely article on the topic, could easily be made into a how-to.