Back in the 30’s makers built scaled down versions of sailing ships and sailed them around – “Amateur boat builders in many parts of the world are going down to the sea in midget ships. They are putting off in men-of-war, square-rigged traders, ocean liners, and superdreadnoughts barely larger than rowboats, yet reproducing in every […]
Land tank, only $20k – “Features: Carries cargo or a crew of up to five internally or on the roof. Piloted from within the armored shell or from an exposed standing position through the hatch. 6hp Tecumseh gasoline engine, top speed 40 mph. Includes head/tail and turn signal lights, trim and underbody lighting. 400 watt […]
Popular Science’s How 2.0 has a round up of Theodore Gray’s articles from the past 3 years, tons and tons of experiments and how-tos – ” Ever yearn to make your own silicon? Preserve a snowflake on a microscope slide? Fuel a rocket ship with sugar? Theodore Gray undertakes these and many more mind-bending projects […]
Pellepeloton writes – “I have repaired a quite a few faulty remote controls and most often they are repairable. Common faults are: some buttons not working, not working at all, corroded battery terminals. Often buttons are sticky because of some dirt accumulated over the years from the sticky little hands of your kids? The hardest […]
John Bean writes – “Take a look at two new presentations on our website. The common theme is that there is lot more going on than meets the eye. With the Van de Graaff generator, the expected electronic circuits are all missing and it instead depends on differences between materials . . . along with […]
Here’s a video of pyrolytic graphite levitating (diamagnetic levitation) over 4 12mm neodymium magnets – I have the magnets, just need to find some pyrolytic graphite, anyone know a good source? – [via] Link.
Ryan writes – “I have always wanted to put a Macintosh-based computer into my DeLorean. Today, you can read about how I made that a reality. This project involved more than just a carputer. This is the merging of an automotive environment and a computing environment. This creates a portable office in your DeLorean. Not […]
