Bicycle made from a bed
From Popular Science 1938 – a fantastic bicycle made from a bed frame! Link.
Bicycles
Grow your own race car
This race race sounds tasty… Well, some of it. If you thought motor-racing was all about petrol-heads and champagne, WMG students at the University of Warwick will make you think again. Eco One is an environmentally-friendly race car with a difference: its shell is made from hemp, the tyres made from potatoes and the brake […]
No-friction bicycle dynamo light kit
Here’s a kit (and how to make) a no-friction bike light dynamo. Learn about electromagnetic induction and make a bike light! – Thanks Hone Link.
Art Bikes
Brian @ New York Daily has an incredible set of art bike photos from Josh Hadar in SoHo… Art Bikes (photos) – Link. Related: Art Bikes @ New York Daily photo – Link. Harmony blog – Link.
‘Crush and zap’ recycles circuit boards more cleanly
Researchers in China are working on ways to recycle PCBs (Printed circuit boards) – for the most part PCBs from gadgets, consumer electronics and everything else is usually just tossed in a landfill – Electronic circuits in discarded computers, cellphones and other devices could be recycled less harmfully using a technique developed by researchers in […]
Backyard fuel cell
Bob Parks has an overview of Stephen’s homemade fuel cell home @ Stuart Island – Stephen Friend has the first hand-built fuel cell-powered house in the US. No, not another hopeful boil-your-own-yogurt demo for an impractical technology, but a real, sustainable achievement that makes its own hydrogen in a cedar shed out back. And it […]
Sensory gaming
Crunchgear has a really interesting write up of Emotiv’s sensory gaming rig you wear on your head – The prototype device looks sort of like a smaller version of Professor X’s Cerebro mutant locator thing. It’s a headset with three separate arms than clasp around your head. Each arm contains myriad sensors that detect signals […]