Flip Flop Sandwich
Etsy seller SoleSensations makes this “Brisket Flip Flop,” made from foam, fabric, trim, and rhinestones. [via Geekologie]
Month: July 2010
Plastic bottle island
Guy makes an island… out of plastic bottles, it’s taken 2.5 years and he’s happy with the progress.
POV ping-pong paddles
Here’s a clever idea I’d love to see liberated from its high-design context by the maker community: Sports equipment with integral POV displays. These ping pong paddles by Troika are an interesting start, but there’s all kinds of other onomatopoetic possibilities, like, say, baseball bats or tennis rackets that leave a glowing WHACK! in the air when you hit the ball. Personally, I want a set of boxing gloves that provide Batman-style comic book POW! and BAM! captions when I punch things. [via adafruit]
DIY contactless tachometer kit
This contactless tachometer project is based on an ATMEGA48 AVR micro controller, and is able to measure very high RPMs, as well as very low ones. It is based on an IR (Infra Red) opto-couple to detect shaft rotation. As you can see in the short video above, the sensor is located at the back, […]
Gorgeous – Frank Westfall’s 1930 Art Deco Henderson motorcycle
Frank Westfall’s 1930 Art Deco Henderson motorcycle via Twitter. Knucklebuster writes – I took these photos at the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet where the newly restored bike was unveiled. The bike belongs to Frank Westfall from Syracuse, NY. According to some info I found online, the bike was originally built by O. Ray Courtney in […]
Projector ring
Inspired by 19th Century Standhopes, Bristol artist Luke Jerram (of “Play me, I’m yours” fame) designed this elegant and inspired portrait projecting ring for is wife Shelina Nanji as a wedding ring. Working together with jeweler Tamrakar, Jerram created a ring that, in a darkened room, with a light source behind it, will project a series of portraits from a selection of miniature slides.
Maker’s “Notebook” on Evernote
As was mentioned on Twitter recently, Evernote now has a MAKE-branded “Notebook” section, a collection of tutorials from Make: Projects that you can add to your personal Evernote account. Many of us are big Evernote fans here, so it’s great to have this partnership. Make: Projects on Evernote is part of their new Evernote Trunk, […]
