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John really likes roller coasters, but didn’t want to wait in line, so he made “The Blue Flash”, a 180-foot long homemade coaster featuring a 360-degree loop – took about a year and cost about the same as taking the family to Disney… [via] – Link. Related: Homemade wooden coaster bike – Link. Roller coaster […]
Nice tutorial on Juxtapoz on painting perfect circles – “Freddi C. runs the Lab 101 Gallery in Culver City, CA – which has showcased some of the hottest emerging artists in recent years. Freddi is also an artist, and very well may be “the girl known best for painting DJs”. Her first LA solo show […]
Here are Lewis Tardy’s incredible found art/scrap metal biomechanical sculptures – [via] – Link. Pictured here: Stryker CMF “Reconstruction” – Created from Stryker titanium craniomaxillofacial reconstruction plates and screws as well as other steel and stainless steel found objects. Related: Art @ MAKE – Link.
I’m sure we’ll see some fun hacks for the PS3 and a lot of maker-made projects doing things unheard of to void the warranty, but for now – here’s a fun gallery of a PS3 taken apart… [via] – Link. Update: MAKE reader Xytec sent in this video – Link.
More of an un-make vs a make – check out these galleries of buildings demolished leaving cross-sections of what was once there… [via] – Link. Related: Medianeras – Link. The Unconscious Art Of Demolition – Link.
Wow, here’s Boris Plotnikoff’s incredible gas mask collection, the photos and info are divided up by country… [via] – Link. Pictured here, the Chinese M 65 Military mask (1956).
Mikael Carlson builds/restores and flies these amazing old airplanes – “Mikael Carlson was born in 1959 and he has ever since childhood been most interested in aviation. Already at an early age he was a very skilful model airplane builder which eventually resulted in gold and silver medals at two consecutive World Championships for R/C […]
