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Build Your Own Mars Rover
Despite the fact there's no space for a driver and it can't even go a single mph, there's no denying the fact the Mars Rover is one of the coolest vehicles ever built. The fine folks at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have designed a 6-wheel rover using only commonly…
How to Easily Make the Best Ice Cream at Home
One day it occurred to us that ice cream makers exist, yet we keep spending tons of money on ever shrinking cartons at the grocery store. Frankly, that’s some absurd behavior. We decided to end it, or at least drastically cut back. From now on, you can consider us official…
The Complete Guide to Making Your Own Cold Brew
Cold brew coffee is the newest coffee craze sweeping the nation, and quite frankly, we’re glad. It’s about damn time. Cold brew is smoother and naturally sweeter on the palate than regular coffee, which makes it more enjoyable to consume without high-calorie additives. Because of the brewing process, it’s more…
12 Life Lessons from ‘Seinfeld’
For a show that was mostly about stifling character growth and empathy, Seinfeld sure taught us a lot about being a better person. Almost every episode has some kind of lesson on how to improve your life, but it’s more on the audience to decipher the moral. It’s also probably…
This Packing Tape Is Covered With Useful References
Packing tape is great for, well, packing things, but what if it could do more? Designer Oscar Lhermitte (the same man responsible for the topographically accurate MOON Lunar Globe) reimagined traditional packing tape and made it infinitely more useful by covering it in reference materials that you can use as…
Made to Last: A Compendium of Artisans, Trades & Projects
We've long prized gear built by hand. Our shop is full of products created the old-fashioned way, with a helping of sweat. That's why we're big fans of the new release from Hardie Grant and author Vanessa Murray. Made to Last: A Compendium of Artisans, Trades & Projects takes you inside…
How to Infuse Your Own Alcohol
The word “infusion” is appropriate. Rather than having a juice, extract, or sugar syrup that gets mixed into the spirit or cocktail, this processes fuses the flavors of whatever you’ve chosen with the deeper foundations of the drink. The same way aging whiskey in barrels changes and amplifies different aspects…
Retro Technology LEGO Kits
The great thing about LEGO is you can build anything you want. What they don't tell you about that, however, is most of the things you want to build don't come with guide books. But the LEGO community often takes it upon itself to create its own guide books. Take…
Creator of the World’s Largest NERF Gun Moves on to Super Soakers
Last summer, YouTuber (and former NASA engineer) Mark Rober built the world's largest NERF gun and terrorized his kids with it. This summer, Rober is getting into water sports, putting his specific brand of engineering to use building himself a custom Super Soaker. Where the original is hand pumped, Rober's uses…
Learn to Be a Rubber Band Engineer
We've all seen videos of office workers who built medieval weaponry only out of stuff they found at their desks and we've all been jealous of them. It always looks simple, but when we actually try and construct something, we're the only victims of the miniature siege weapons. But Rubber Band…
You Can Now Build Your Own Motorcycle in a Weekend
Fictiv, a distributed manufacturing company with a network of vendors, teamed up with Amazon and their innovative new IoT platform to create this, the Fictiv Open Source Motorcycle (FOSMC). The concept bike is built with 57 open source, modular part designs that can be built with standard prototyping technologies like…
The Dartboard that Makes Everyone a Champion
When we're at a bar with a dartboard, it's only a matter of time before we start pestering the bartender for ammunition. But, level of intoxication aside, we only ever approach an intermediate skill level. Seems like we're not the only ones, although for Mark Rober, the engineering background means…
8 LEGO Sets for Grown Men
Every person had a favorite toy when they were young. Some of us cherished our bicycles and skateboards. Some of us got down with basketball, football, or soccer. Others were video games nerds. But here at Cool Material, we’re in unanimous agreement—our favorite childhood toys of all time were our…
MOC Nation Is Making Custom LEGO Sets
If you're an adult fan of LEGO (that's AFOL), you've probably experimented making creations of your own with varying levels of success. Now, thanks to the guys at MOC Nation, you'll be able to craft the perfect human skull, red fox, UFO, bengal tiger and vintage floppy disk. MOC (My…
12 Things To Do With An Empty Beer Bottle
If you're like us, you've gone through your share of beer in your life. Each of those empty bottles probably ended up in a recycling bin somewhere. Instead of disposing of your next empty case, consider putting it back to use with one of these projects. Glass Bottle Tiki Torch…
