If you build one of these, you too could be this cool.
Salt Water Powers Radio
Battery made of scrap metal and a pill vial runs for months!
By ROBERT E. KELLAND
THE salt-water cell powering this transistor radio has all the advantages of a dry cell, costs only pennies to make, and lasts for months. The complete radio receiver, with battery but less earphones, can be built for $3 or less.
As shown in the photos, the battery delivers about three-tenths of a volt. The radio consumes only 12 microamps while running, and in actual tests ran three days continuously without any detectable dip in volume. Read the rest of this entry »
That is one scary looking, stereotype filled tree they’ve got there.
Tips From Santa
Santa says there’s no real Joy like making things with your hands. Let’s start with Christmas decorations.
WE HEARTILY agree with Santa. Making things with our own hands is one of those fundamental satisfactions in life— and it is one that our mass-production age has almost eliminated. This Christmas, if you want to add some real cheer to an event that has become far too commercial, try making your own yuletide decorations.
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