The Lemelson Center has a great video and audio podcast to check out, I’ve watched a few of these and they’re all great… Chuck Hoberman’s unfolding world – Chuck Hoberman, artist and engineer, discusses his innovative unfolding structures. Tom Newby makes the Muppets move – Tom Newby explains how he brought Kermit the Frog, Miss […]
Cowlacious Designs shows you how to make “cave eyes”, schematic, code, circuit board layout, and parts list included or you can buy a kit/complete unit… – “This is a little microcontroller circuit that has 15 pairs of L.E.D.’s that look like rodent eyes. The pairs of eyes blink in a semi-random fashion. So, what you […]
The Cloud Appreciation Society (yup, there is one) has gallery with over 1,800 stunning photos of every type of cloud – [via] – Link.
Honus posted up another costume Instructable, a very accurate looking Ghostbuster! He writes, – “I thought this would be a great idea for Halloween (I love Halloween!) so in my usual over the top fashion I went, well – over the top. A buddy of mine wanted to do it as well. We tried to […]
Honus show how to make a Boba-Fett helmet out of cardboard – “Here’s how to make a low cost costume helmet using cardboard. Helmets are usually one of the hardest and most expensive parts to make for a cool Halloween costume so here’s a simple method I use.” – Link. Related Star Wars and cardboard […]
Wow, forget those paperplate hovercrafts… This is what you want to make, you know… for your family… – “Powered by a 4-cylinder automotive engine, the UH-18SP is everything you’d ever want in a hovercraft. It was designed for people who love to play. For the family that gets together for fishing, skiing, cruising and all-around […]
Mechanix Illustrated in 1939 had these spring heeled shoes, and just a couple years ago I saw new versions in a store, neato. If you look at the pages of all these old magazines, even the somewhat “out there” ideas, all seem to eventually make an appearance again… – Link. Related: Z-CoiL (commercial shoes with […]
