Want to improve your internet and Wi-Fi connection speed? Here’s how.

With over four billion people using the internet worldwide, there is no such thing as too much bandwidth. Smart internet users will want to know how to improve their Wi-Fi speed. To help, we’ve assembled some tips to improve the quality of your Wi-Fi connection inside and outside your home.

Wood-Fired Heating in the Age of Climate Change

Can a wood burning heater be environmentally-friendly?

Do you want a wood burning heater? Many people who would say ‘Yes’ emotionally then shy away from them because of their reputation for being polluting, dirty and hard work to operate and maintain. [adinserter block=”11″] Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. ? But what […]

We Can Rebuild Them

A cheap, 3D printed, open source articulated prosthetic hand

A project that started out as a special effect prosthetic has transformed into a potentially life changing technology that could help tens, even hundreds, of thousands of people live higher quality lives! After seeing this YouTube video by Ivan Owen, a Washington based prop maker, a South African carpenter by the name of Richard Van As […]

Print Your Own Future

Last week I wrote a post about how 3D printing was being used to make cheap and practical prosthetic limbs. Whilst that is undoubtedly the best application of the technology I’ve seen so far when it comes to a practical and inspirational use for the relatively new technology, 3D printing is really shaping up to […]

Getting the plan right – design software review

Google Sketchup allows for very sophisticated output

It’s in your head… you know what you want… you just need to be able to get it ‘visual’ so others can see it too.  Been there?  Tried the pencil and paper and discovered you still don’t have the da Vinci gene? Never fear!  Help is at hand: Since the time computers shrank from the […]