John Abella uploaded this awesome Nerdy Derby coffin car to Thingiverse. Aptly named “Race in Peace,” John’s racer kicks off halloween season at Maker Faire New York at the end of the month. He says, “it’ll be super slow unless you fill it with something heavy—but sometimes it’s not about winning, it’s about rolling in crushed-velvet style.” I couldn’t agree more.
Matt Richardson is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist, contributing editor for MAKE magazine, and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi. He's also the owner of Awesome Button Studios, a technology consultancy. Highlights from his work include the Descriptive Camera (a camera which outputs a text description instead of a photo) and The Enough Already (a DIY celebrity-silencing device). Matt's work has been featured at The Nevada Museum of Art, The Rome International Photography Festival, Milan Design Week and has garnered attention from The New York Times, Wired, and New York Magazine.
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This is a great design! Pinewood derby rules explicitly forbid the inclusion of mercury in a car. I imagine you could print a cavity inside that to house a loaded test tube that you insert during the printing process, or you could just print a channel for a good sized ball bearing to roll in.