From the Dept. of Making-Knives-Out-of-Oddball-Things, aka kiwami japan, comes the "sharpest Cardboard kitchen knife in the world," one made from an ordinary Amazon box. It chops, it dices, it slices!
Make a cardboard shiv: Another way to recycle an Amazon box
The dentist who convinced FDR to bomb Japan with bats
An eccentric dentist with the ear of the President had a plan to win the war against Japan. In a letter to FDR, Lytle "Doc" Adams suggested that bats, the… READ THE REST
Man builds a belt-fed potato cannon, because he could
The cannon looks fantastic and works, but the entire process is the adventure. This is a very serious potato cannon, and the deep research undertaken to arrive at such a… READ THE REST
Tech hobbyist builds working guided missile prototype for $96
A tech hobbyist named Alisher Khojayev built a working, shoulder-mounted guided-missile prototype for $96. The launcher, missile, and optional camera-based tracking system were almost entirely 3D-printed, with cheap ESP32 microprocessors… READ THE REST
This $40 AI tool writes, formats, and covers your next ebook
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: EbookMagic uses AI to generate, format, and package ebooks with custom covers, Kindle-ready exports, commercial rights, and… READ THE REST
Copilot, BitLocker, and Hyper-V for under $10? Meet this Windows 11 Pro deal
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (reg. $199), no coupon code needed. A… READ THE REST
Skip the subscription with Microsoft Office 2019 for $20
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows — including Word, Excel, PowerPoint,… READ THE REST
