TikTok of the dayMark Rober
The former NASA engineer turns everyday questions into big, short experiments: crushing eggs by hand, roller-coaster blackouts and wild engineering tests.
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TikTok of the dayThe former NASA engineer turns everyday questions into big, short experiments: crushing eggs by hand, roller-coaster blackouts and wild engineering tests.
Web developer Wes Bos wires a Nintendo Zapper into the browser, builds an ESP32 thermal camera and shares handy dev tips between experiments.
Pinterest of the dayThe Royal Horticultural Society's board on turning a garden into a home for wildlife: ponds, pollinator plants, shelters and simple projects.
Sam Battle, aka Look Mum No Computer, builds synths, revives old tech and makes strange instruments — including a famous organ built from Furbies.
Site of the dayStitch Fiddle is an online chart maker for knitting, crochet, cross stitch, fuse beads and more. Draw a pattern square by square or turn a photo into a chart.
Pinterest of the dayPurl Soho's board of free scarf knitting patterns: dozens of scarves, wraps and bandanas, each linking to a full pattern.
Site of the dayOur project124 free calculators and converters for mortgages, interest, home projects, health and dates. No signup, and every tool comes with a plain-English explainer and FAQ.
Instagram of the dayPotter Hsin-Chuen Lin carves wet clay, rolls patterns with hand-cut stamps and trims bowls on the wheel. Short, mesmerising clips that need no words.
Instagram of the dayJapanese artist Tatsuya Tanaka has been staging tiny figures in everyday objects since 2011: broccoli becomes a forest, a stapler turns into a train.
TikTok of the dayIrish woodworker Eoin Reardon builds things from wood using only hand tools: planes, chisels and saws.