Month: September 2008

Weekend Project: The Bullwhip

Have you ever broken the sound barrier? It’s easier than you think. You just need a good bullwhip, which converts arm movement into supersonic speed and triggers a sonic boom called a whip crack.Thanks go to William Gurstelle for the original article in Make Volume 9.To download The Bullwhip MP4 click here or subscribe in […]

Snap and dine

Snap and dine

This dinner set is made from a mold much in the same way model car parts are. It has all the utensils and a plate for a fancy meal, and has decorative elements not usually found in plastic cutlery. Clearly product designer Demelza Hill has some fancy picnics. Via Cool Hunting.

Make your own ammo

PopSci has an interesting feature and video on making your own ammo, it’s as simple as pouring it off a roof :) About 230 years ago, molten lead that rained from the sky–historically something to avoid at all costs–became a clever new way to manufacture an important commodity: shotgun ammo. Precisely round pellets fly straighter, […]