Jeez, these Schwinn electric bikes are pretty cool looking, I’m not sure I’d get one, but ebikes are getting pretty fancy… – Pictured here, the 2007 Speedster, here are some of the specs… Moto-inspired aluminum Cruiser frame Integrated tank carries Schwinn Protanium battery Three-speed drivetrain enhances riding experience. Triple clamp suspension fork for a smooth […]
Here you go, a “rubber band” powered car from How To Build It 1932 – “Using strips cut from old inner tubes as motive power, the Flivver-car described in this article by Mr. Cole can easily be built by any boy and will be an endless source of fun. Here is something which will gladden […]
If you like Homestarrunner, here’s a fun Flash app that helps you make/pick a stencil for your pumpkin carving – Link. Other pumpkin news — “Pumpkin-mad Bostonians yesterday lit 30,128 pumpkins” – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Anachrocomputer has a clever DIY solution for the weird plugs Dell uses – “Here’s a quick fix for a friend who wants to run her laptop from a DC-DC convertor. Only trouble is, the laptop has an odd square plug and the convertor only has round plugs. An in-line adaptor […]
Michael Sheridan’s Culture Catchers grab shortwave radio signals from all over the world and plays them back as people get near them – “Installed as Distant Views for the 2005 Boston Cyberarts Festival and subsequently as Culture Catchers at the gallery G-A-S-P. Shortwave radios, digital recorders and players, motion detectors, micro computers and antennae were […]
Here are over 40 cylinder recordings from the early 1900s @ Archive.org – “The cylinder recordings available here are an online project started in 1998 by Norman Bruderhofer, a phonograph collector and audio preservationist from Berlin. Dedicated to the invention and development of the phonograph, the Cylinder Archive serves as a detailed source of information […]
Over the last few months or so we’ve had a lot of readers send in car-themed art pieces made from all sorts of things: wood, wire mesh, cardboard, cans and more – it would be great to get all these for one huge show, but until then check out Paddy’s great round up other incredible […]
