Kevin writes – This page describes the construction of a bike light comprising three 3W Luxeon LEDs. This project had three main goals. 1.) Make a light suitable for use in 24-hour mountain bike racing. 2.) Use readily available material as much as possible. 3.) Offer the details to the community and invite any and […]
There isn’t a how-to (yet) – but this seems like an interesting new particle board material… Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. That’s no cow pie-in-the-sky dream, according to researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They say fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure […]
This is the first part of what should be a great howto series on large scale mold making. We’re making an HPV! That’s human powered vehicle ;) We are required to have at least 1/3 of our frontal area covered by a fairing (a fairing is just an aerodynamic shell — like your car’s outer […]
Benstar writes – This is a small rear-view mirror, meant to mount on your bike helmet (or glasses, or baseball hat…) so you can see behind you with just a little turn of the head. It’s made from a bottle cap, a bike spoke and nipple, acrylic mirror, and glue. Beer-view mirror – Link.
Spluch writes – Didi Senft, also known as the Tour de France devil or El Diablo, is a renowned German inventor who has created over 100 bicycles including the largest in the world as listed in the Guinness Book of Records. This picture shows him seating atop his latest bicycle creation which is made up […]
The New York Times has an article about Stewart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog, WELL) – he uses hackers/hacks in a way I’ve always thought was inspiring- Stewart Brand has become a heretic to environmentalism, a movement he helped found, but he doesn’t plan to be isolated for long. He expects that environmentalists will soon share […]
CBC has a story about slot machines getting pulled (no pun intended) over subliminal messaging – seems like it would be a fun experiment to try, winning and losing symbols… Ontario’s provincial gambling operator has pulled 87 video slot machines out of service or physically removed them from its casinos after a CBC investigation found […]
