Deconstructed

The fine folks at Toolmonger have turned us on to the fact that the Science Channel (makers of How It's Made) is coming out with a new show called Deconstructed. It's described as a program that explains the inner workings of commonplace objects, such as hard-disk drives, microwave ovens and televisions. It sounds like a great show for us DIY deconstructors! Now all we have to do is figure out how to pay for premium cable or hope the Discovery Channel starts running it.

There isn't a lot of info on the web about the show so check out the Toolmonger's TV Tonight blog post for times and descriptions. And while you are there, subscribe to Toolmonger's RSS feed. They've always got the latest, greatest and sometimes weirdest tool news around.

Grand Opening

We've been keeping WREXLabs a bit of a secret as we worked on the initial videos but now we are looking to generate some traffic by getting the word out that we are here and open for business (so to speak).

WREXLabs is me (Tim) and Declan, my son. Inspired by DIY people like Bre Pettis and our friend Eric Rochow we decided to make a video podcast that we'd like to see instead of waiting around for someone else to make it.

Once a month we will share a video of something we have taken apart. We'll show you how we did it and what we learned. And we want to hear from you. Tell us what you liked, tell us what we could have done better, tell us about your experiences with taking things apart to see how they work.

Also, tell all your friends about WREXLabs! We want to help connect people who like to take things apart (and put things together from what they find). If we generate enough interest we'll start a forum or even a community on Ning.com.

Like all good DIYers we are learning as we go along (the polite way to say learning from our mistakes). We have big plans for future episodes and hope you'll come along for the ride.

History Hacker! Go Watch It!

History Hacker with Bre Pettis! On the History Channel Tonight at 8:00 PM and again at MIDNIGHT! Watch it! We will!

LEGO Factory Tour

Just because we like to take things apart doesn't mean we don't like to put things together, too. And when we are putting things together, a lot of the time those things are LEGO bricks! Take a look at this video of a tour of the LEGO factory, compliments of GIZMODO.

Take It Apart dot net

Our favorite DIY magazine MAKE: has a link to a cool site called Take It Apart dot net where they disect electronic gadgetry just for fun.

Check it out for tons of video and photo disassemblies.

Episode 003 - Mini-Massager

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Declan and Tim take apart a mini-massager to see what makes it vibrate.

We got this cool hand-held massager at a garage sale for $1. Like Declan says, it kind of looks like a little alien creature or space ship.

See what How Stuff Works has to say about things that vibrate! It's got a great picture of the insides of a Tickle Me Elmo doll!