News: BMW Makes Tron Car
Sorry Nissan Land Glider, the BMW Simple makes you look like a Granny car. This prototype truly feels like a car and motorcycle combined (plus it bears an amazing resemblance to the Tron light cycle).
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How To: Change Your Home Screen Icon Shapes on Android 10
For those of you who like to frequently change the icon shapes on your home screen, the process has changed in Android 10. The setting is buried and now applies to more than just home screen icons.
How To: Do a chi-square test on a TI-83 graphing calculator
Need to know how to use your Texas Instruments graphing calculator for your college math or statistics class? You're in luck... watch this video tutorial to see how to perform a chi-square test on a TI-83 graphing calculator.
How To: Knit a beginner's version of a circle/infinity scarf
Here's a great little how-to to get you started on knitting a circle or infinity scarf, also known as a mobius scarf. This is a beginner tutorial so don't be shy, grab your needles and get knitting!
How To: Crochet a light star baby blanket for left handers
Remember baby Maggie from "The Simpsons" and the adorable Christmas tree-shaped star bodysuit to Lisa's sax recital? Babies look cute in almost anything but somehow wrapping them up in star-shaped blankets/costumes puts them at their cutest.
How To: Crochet a beautiful ripple stitch for right handers
A ripple stitch looks just like the rippling waves on an ocean, swaying back and forth and creating a beautifully punctuated, undulating pattern. Replicate the ocean's waves by learning how to create the ripple stitch.
How To: Wind a center pull ball of yarn
A classic demonstration on how to wind a center pull ball of yarn. take the end of the yarn and wrap it around Your fingers. Keep wrapping over the first loop to shape it like a ball but keep the first loop sticking out. When everything has been winded up, just pull the first loop out and start making a crochet or whatever project You may want to use Your yarn with. Follow these steps and You won't worry a again of tangling Your yarns.
How To: Tie knots with the Boy Scouts
Knot tying is the one of the first steps in becoming a well rounded, successful Boy Scout. Who better to learn from than the Boy Scouts themselves? Follow along with this knot tying guide to learn how to tie several knots. Click on the right hand menu to learn the following knots:
How To: Drill a square hole
This video shows you how to drill a square hole. Drill a square hole.
How To: Make a clip-on tie out of duct tape
Sometimes, you just have to wear a tie. But you don't have to sacrifice your personal style. This video will show you how to make a clip-on tie out of duct tape that you can customize however you like. No one will mistake you for a square in this duct tape clip-on tie.
How To: Fold a square gift box with floral ornament
This beautiful geometric box, which reminds us of midcentury abstract expressionist paintings, is a wonderful handmade way to showcase a Valentine's Day gift for your sweetheart.
How To: Fold a transforming eight pointed ninja star out of origami paper
Fold your own eight pointed transforming ninja star! This is a modular origami model, where you will join eight identical modular pieces together to form the star. You can even make this out of Post-It notes, or any square paper!
How To: Make a Rubik's Cube wallet out of colored duct tape
Make a basic tri-fold wallet out of duct tape, but add two extra flaps that let it fold out into a cube. And each cube face has the square box pattern associated with Rubik's Cubes, so it looks like an actual toy when you unfold it. You can make the whole thing just using a few different colors of duct tape.
How To: Make mini meat pies (Sfeeha) with Dede
In this tutorial, Dede shows you another one of her famous Mediterranean recipes. This time, she is making Sfeeha, or mini meat pies. These little pies are square and make perfect finger foods for a party or get together. Enjoy!
How To: Use the morph modifier in 3D Studio Max
Morph modifiers are just one of the powerful tools that 3D Studio Max offers digital artists to change the shape of their models. This video will teach you how to use morph modifiers in 3dsmax to change the shape of objects. If you can't do this, your 3D models are going to have a lot of squares!
How To: Cut mirror
Do you have a mirror that needs fitting in your bathroom, living room, or bedroom? From My Glass Trades, a video on how to cut mirror. Learn about the tools and techniques used to cut mirror and how to use an oil filled glass cutter and neophenolic L square. Get your project done the right way, and study up before you begin!
How To: Transform shapes in Flash
This simple video tutorial teaches you how to create an animation of basic shapes transforming from one shape to another when using Flash.
How To: Fold an origami paper lily
Learn how to make a traditional origami lily or iris flower. This video shows how to make a type of flower that looks like a lily. I've used orange paper to make it look like a tiger lily, one of my favorites. You'll need to start from the frog base.
How To: Bribe a bouncer or door guy at a club
What's the best way to bribe a bouncer at a club? It takes tact and strategy. Fold a bill up with the denomination showing into a tiny square. You must need a good attitude to get past the bouncer or the best table at a new restaurant.
How To: Practice the Cleanout Demo drill in Australian rugby
Cleanout Demo drill starts as 2v2 then move to 2v1 with pressure on the defender. Defenders should keep their heads up and body square during this Australian rugby drill.
How To: Practice the continuous defense drill in rugby
Continuous Defense drill keeps your body squared to the offense. It's a point exchange drill that emphasizes positioning in defense for Australian rugby.
How To: Origami fireworks
Origami is the timeless art of Japanese paper folding. Watch this origami how to video to learn how to fold fireworks. Origami is a fun craft and your models make nice, homemade gifts. Practice makes perfect.
How To: Build a fort in your bedroom for your next sleepover
With just a few things from around the house, you can turn your bedroom into a fortress! Learn how to build a fort in your bedroom for your next sleepover. Forts are fun & materials needed are easy. You will need:
How To: Pass the ball in lacrosse
Check out this instructional lacrosse video that demonstrates how to pass the ball in lacrosse. Passing in lacrosse is similar to pitching in baseball. There are important mechanics and skills required. Learn how to pass in lacrosse in this video.
How To: Origami MIT's mascot brass rat
MIT's mascot, though called a brass rat, is actually a beaver. With the huge cost of the class rings, every MIT student (and those who didn't make it in) can make their own for just the cost of a square piece of paper. Watch this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold MIT's mascot the brass rat beaver out of a piece of paper.
How To: Origami a goldfish to swim in a bowl
This is an instructional video on how to make an origami goldfish. Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding to make any shape imaginable. All you need is a square of paper and a pair of scissors, even if that's considered cheating. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to fold a paper goldfish.
How To: Origami a paper butterfly
This is an instructional video on how to fold an origami Butterfly. Origami is the Japanese traditional art of paper folding to make just about any shape. All you need is a square sheet of paper. Watch this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold a paper butterfly.
How To: Origami a folding knife
Learn how to do this easy origami project and use a 6-inch square of paper to make a folding knife.
How To: Origami a barking dog
Paul Jackson demonstrates how to make an origami barking dog. You do this by folding a square piece of paper. To finish the face, you need to fold the paper back.
How To: Use just one piece of paper to make a crazy toy
Make a paper toy from just a half square of paper and scissors.
How To: Fix a Snagged Thread in Your Favorite Sweater
You just bought a new loose-knit sweater, slipped it on, and your ring, earring, smartwatch, or even your fingernail snagged a piece of thread yanking an entire loop loose in the fabric. It's happened to me more times than I can remember, and if you cut that eyesore away you're asking for trouble. However, there is a quick way to fix it while maintaining the longevity of your sweater—without giving money to your dry cleaner. Begin by assessing the size of your sweater's damage; is the snagged...
How To: Learn to keep your putter square
There are many different putting styles and techniques. So many, in actual fact, it's easy to get confused and wind up a worse putter than you were before. Jeremy Dale believes it doesn't matter how you go about holing your putts, all that you need to focus on is keeping the blade of the putter square as you make your stroke. It's that easy! Learn to keep your putter square.
How To: Improve your footwork and coordination
Tennis professional Francis Ribeiro explains that there are three drills you can do to improve your footwork and coordination: footwork square, pick up drill, jog and slide. Doing the footwork square develops your speed and coordination while the pick up drill will improve your hand to eye coordination. Improve your footwork and coordination.
How To: Create an origami place card holder crane
Everybody has place card holders that can be bought from various stores. However, this video by Ngai Chen Cheung shows how you can make your own place card holder using only a square piece of paper and a bit of origami skills.
How To: Create an easy origami paper rose
In this video, we learn how to create an easy origami paper rose. First, take a piece of paper and fold it into a square. After this, unfold it and then reverse the fold the opposite way. Now, take the middle of the paper as you are folding and make a square out of it. Fold down the flaps from the middle down in the front and the back. Next, flip the paper over and push down all the creases. Then, fold the paper into a triangle on all sides and push the creases down. After this, pop up the mi...
How To: Figure out the area of quadrilaterals
Quadrilaterals are four sided shapes that are closed. They are polygons. Quadrilaterals can be classified broadly in two ways. If the quadrilateral has a two pair of parallel sides then it falls in to the parallelogram category. Further now it can be broken down in to other shapes like square, rectangle, rhombus. If it has only one pair of parallel side then it falls into the trapezoid category. To compute the are of a trapezoid first you need to know the lengths of the parallel sides. Add th...
How To: Make an origami paper cube with 6 sheets of paper
Origami is the art of folding paper into cool things. Watch this video to learn how to make an origami paper cube! Start with a full sheet of regular 8.5 by 11 inch paper. Then fold one corner over to make a triangle and a rectangle. Fold the rectangular part of the triangle. Then rip off the rectangular part leaving you with a triangle, and when opened a square. Then fold the paper in half. Then open the square back up and fold into fourths. Watch the video to learn how to make the rest of t...
How To: Create an origami suit jacket
In this video, Ngai Chun Cheung demonstrates how to make an origami suit jacket. He begins by folding a right triangle and tearing off the excess to make a perfect square. He folds it on both diagonals, then folds the four corners into the center. He turns the paper over and folds all four corners into the center again. Then he turns it over and again folds all four corners into the center. He turns it over and opens the four corners partially and folds them flat to make rectangles on all fou...
How To: Get cubes in math with mysterious Vedic methods
Having problems with cubes. For some people, mathematics doesn't come easy, but there are tricks to solving certain problems, like squares and cubes. Check out this math video tutorial to learn how to get cubes in math with mysterious Vedic methods.
How To: Origami a rose out of paper
This video origami tutorial shows how to use the traditional Japanese art of paper folding to make a rose. Follow along with this video and fold your own. All you need is a square piece of paper; the bigger the square of origami paper, the easier it is to fold.