The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
I’m not crazy about the particular models here, but I really like this idea, from user littlerob904 of Aquarium Advice, of using Lego MOCs to decorate your fishtank. I have visions of a detailed layout that covers most or all of the tank bottom featuring an Atlantis or a R’lyeh theme, with fish chosen to match.
Branded as the world’s slowest Porsche, artist Hannes Langeder’s handmade Porsche, which he calls the Ferdinand, mocks the culture of consumerism that gives rise to such overpriced commodities as the luxury auto. The bicycle Porsche functions as signifier for the fascination with the figure of an automobile that has lasted since the 1950s; yet Hannes […]
No Technology Magazine has a lovely photo gallery, which points to far more extensive galleries, of enclosed Belgian recumbent trikes. Belgian Recumbent Tricycles More: See all of our recumbent coverage on MAKE
Turns out that the most useless machine (how-to coming up in MAKE Vol. 23) also makes a great cat toy! This Japanese version is sold as a bank that grabs a coin when you place it in the “bowl switch,” which is triggered by the cat in this video. [via Cute Overload]
This is a twitter experiment enabling twitter users real time interaction with a physical art installation. The installation is a pyramid made from 5000 marbles, triggered by 5000 tweets. On its way to the pyramid each marble falls into a marble run filled with ramps, tunnels, pinwheels. You will see your marbles way through the […]
Dubious practicality aside, you can’t deny this zany hybrid pedicab turns heads. Suspend your disbelief for a moment and marvel at the dual-action windmill/rotating sign’s purported ability to use the wind to assist the rider. If anything, it should attract copious potential customers.
Found in the MAKE Flickr Pool: This sweet whip by Peter Wagner of Davis, CA, packs an unaltered unicycle for the back wheel and seat, with a bolt-on front wheel if you need two. Famous Davis mayor, conservationist, artist and all-around thoughtful person, dear Julie Partansky (a twin like Myself!) gave me her old unicycle. […]
