Motorcyclette has speed, comfort
This “Motorcyclette” from Modern Mechanix 1932 reminds me of a mini version of the 225-horsepower gasoline-powered monowheel – I’ll see if I can dig up any plans for this – Link.
Made On Earth
Fish piloted vehicle
Somewhat like the roach controlled robot from MAKE 02, this fish controlled vehicle navigates around as the fish pilot swims to different locations in the bowl – [via] – Link.
Electricity in the burbs
Telsa1000 keeps posting these amazing shots of electricity zorking around in the burbs’ of “somewhere” and last set includes build photos and plans on making a Tesla coil – Link.
Junkboat fleet – The Miss Rockaway Armada
The Miss Rockaway Armada is a theater group building a floating fleet of junk/recycled boats, taking then down the Mississippi holding workshops and performing along the way – “We’re building this boat entirely from salvaged materials. Wood dumpstered and begged from construction sites, buckets of screws donated by kind crew members, rope found on the […]
Alcontrol – alcohol aware phone
Dan writes – “This project was done at K3 during a course called ID3: Senses and Sensors. When the user is drunk enough he/she can access a hidden phone book. This phone book is only available when the user is in between a specific alcohol spectra. To modify and use the phone book the user […]
Walking the dog – with a poochmobile
Dog powered vehicle – Popular Science 1939 – Link.
Homemade Mr.Spock’s Vulcan harp
Tho writes – “This instrument was built this year, inspired by the one played by Mr. Spock in one of the Star Trek shows a while back. I didn’t want to make just a semi-functional prop, so it was designed with chromatic shifting capability and 2 full octaves (15 strings total) with proper Helmholtz reinforcement […]
