Pink Tentacle has the top 10 robot’s from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry – “Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced its top ten list of finalists for the 2006 Robot Award. The ten robots selected from 152 applications fall into four categories — service robots, industrial robots, public sector […]
Jake writes – “I’ve been using this headlight for 4 years now and I’m still using the original bulbs. The low beam has power enough for speeds up to 40 miles per hour and on-coming traffic ALWAYS dims their brights when I flash the 50-watt high beam.” – Link. Want more? This one is made […]
Douglas.mauro writes – “Mountain Biking at night (or early morning) is a true blast.. Using headlamps has been the only real choice short of spending some coin on a true bike light (some of these puppies cost >$500!!). While the lack of light never stopped us from riding, the glory of having a MEAN bike […]
Peter writes – “Your readers might want to check out this bizarre home-made bicycle that looks like it was made to cruise on the sand. The frame looked like it was made from several frames and the wheels had a full car-sized inner tube and two rims & hubs per wheel.” – Link. Related: Bikes […]
I’m not sure where most of these photos are from (post if you know in the comments) but it’s a pretty good collection of chopper bikes – Link. Related: Bicycles @ MAKE – Link. Chopper Bikes – Link.
Tim sent in this how-to on using a tote bag to make shoe covers for riding your bike in inclement weather… – Link. Excellent re-use of those freebie totes you get at conferences! Related: Shoes made from recycled stuff… – Link. Shoes made from grocery bags – Link. Make Your Own Shoes – Link.
Bill writes in with this excellent homemade weed wacker powered bicycle – “Whilst travelling south on the Pacific Coast Highway (CA 1) in November of 2006, I happened to stop at the restaurant/deli/convenience store in fabulous Gorda, CA. Up rode this chap on his home-built “moped” and I snapped these photos. Sadly, I neglected to […]
