Star Wars Matryoska Dolls
Craftster user Dink’s husband painted these fun Star Wars matryoshka dolls, using blank wooden dolls he found online. You can purchase a blank set for yourself at ReForm School online.
Year: 2009
48V Electric Flat Tracker
This is one of the better DIY electric rides that I have come across. It’s an amazing 48-Volt, 15 horsepower, bike that uses a Briggs and Stratton Etek motor. It looks like it’s a very smooth ride. However, at those speeds I would suggest using a motorcycle helmet. What a great project! About a year […]
HOW TO – Pom-Pom Flowers
One Pretty Thing points us towards this simple and lovely project from Domestifluff showing how to make modern-looking pom pom flowers.
Wifi robotified rc car
Got an extra router in your parts pile? How about an wifi enabled robotic car? Wifi Robot: A remote control car that can be driven over the internet or with a laptop wirelessly from up to 500m away. It has a live-feed network camera so that it can be driven without line of sight and […]
TI’s BeagleBoard and DLP Pico Projector == Linux everywhere
TI’s BeagleBoard is a great little Linux system. It consumes less than 2 watts and can connect to all sorts of things; it has an HDMI port that carries DVI-D video, a USB port that lets you connect USB peripherals such as keyboards, mice, and network adapters, an RS-232 serial port, and an expansion connector […]
The House of Mouse
Pikaland points us towards these hilarious mice created by Anna from The House of Mouse, based in the Netherlands. My favorite is definitely this Hannibal Lecter mouse!
Conhouse: container-ish housing
(Image via Conhouse) Here’s an interesting design for container-like prefab housing. I’m not sure why the designers have chosen to go with a custom container-like module vs. shipping containers (of which the west has a huge surplus), but this is still a neat, actually-commercially-available, somewhat-more-sustainable housing solution.
