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With the mild winter and spring we have had, it might seem strange to think about ways to keep yourself warm, but there’s no better time than the present to prepare for chilly weather down the line. In his blog [Berto] was thinking about how to keep warm when things cool off again, and decided [...]

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[Craig] tried heating his greenhouse last winter, but really only managed to push the limits of his utility bills. This time around he took a different approach by building a system to warm the soil in which his vegetation is planted. The core of the system is this box which houses the plants. It is lined with heating tape [...]

Tags:  dirt winter system craig heating-tape last-winter utility-bills green hacks  

Add some fruit to your indoor bounty with this hydroponic strawberry farm. [Dino] whipped this up as his 45th hack a week episode (getting pretty close to his year-long goal). He used parts you probably already have sitting around the house somewhere. But even if you bought everything and used it once you still wouldn’t [...]

Tags:  winter hydroponic fruit dino hydroponic-strawberries strawberry-farm green hacks  

Most holiday light displays we see this time of year are stationary, or at least confined to somebody’s home. [Marco Guardigli] wanted to take his lights on the go, and thought that a light up winter hat would be perfect for showing off his holiday spirit. In the winter he sports a sturdy wool felt [...]

Tags:  head-mounted winter holiday marco-guardigli holiday-light-displays holiday-cheer holiday-spirit arduino hacks  

Winter is coming, and it’s a great time to start accumulating parts and tools to keep you occupied with projects during the dark and cold days ahead. Black Friday We got a tip from Pololu about their planned Black Friday deals, and thought we’d check with some of the other parts suppliers that cater to [...]

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[Phil’s] parents grow their own organic food, but the harsh Ukraine winters make storing it a difficult proposition. Since it can drop to -30°C on occasion, they asked him to find a way to keep their storeroom at around 5-7°C above zero. He decided to construct his own programmable thermostat to keep things in check, [...]

Tags:  winter diy thermostat phil ukraine programmable-thermostat harsh-winter winter-cold attiny hacks  

For most of the working world, the onset of autumn and winter in the Northern hemisphere means one thing – waking up well before the sun rises to get a start on the daily grind. [Brent] from Freeside Atlanta knows that routine well and decided to build himself a sunrise alarm clock in an attempt [...]

Tags:  sunrise clock winter brent atlanta autumn-and-winter northern-hemisphere freeside arduino hacks  

Winter’s coming, and you don’t want to be outdone by your neighbor’s new snow blower. We think it’s pretty safe to say you’ll be the envy of gearheads throughout the neighborhood if you can build your own snow blower around a V8 engine. [Kai Grundt] is a metal fabricator by day and a horror movie [...]

Tags:  blower engine snow winter metal-fabricator kai-grundt snow-blowing engine hacks