Bike handcuffs
When you’re a bicycle cop, you don’t need a bike lock, cuff’em! – [via] Link.
Bicycles
Electric Recumbent trike – part II
FrankG is on to part II of the electric recumbent bicycle, here he documents the no load testing of the drive system on the frame, and lots and lots of welding on the frame assembly, mounting the seat, and setting up the front end/steering (twice)… Link. Previous: Tricumbent-Hybrid – Link.
Bicycle chain bowl
This is a really nice bike chain bowl that will would make a good weekend (re)make project – [via] Link.
Create Teeny Tiny Solar Robots – Make: Video Podcast
mp4|mov|hd-appletv|3gp|3g2|itunes This weekend, make little teeny tiny robots called beambots that are powered by the sun! In the podcast, I made the solar-roller, and the instructions for that are right in the PDF! I also made a beambot from a kit. Kits are always a good way to break into a genre of making. Both […]
Solar Robot Instructions – Make: PDFcast
To make your solar beambots this weekend, you can download this weeks PDFcast complete with an article from the magazine! Gareth Branwyn wrote this how-to article on how to make two solar roller beambots. Download it, print it out, and get to making your bots! PDF Link
Tricumbent hybrid
Here’s FrankG’s first installment on the design and fabrication of an electric recumbent trike – Covering materials scavenging, initial frame welding, gear ratio calculations and the casting of the motor mount assembly – Link.
RFID and Text-To-Speech Modules Video Podcast
mp4|mov|appletv-hd|3gp|3g2|pdf|itunes In this Awesome Electronics Workshop, Joe Grand and I show RFID and text-to-speech modular components that you can add to your own projects. Subscribe in itunes to have these videos downloaded automatically. – Link Previous Awesome Electronics Workshop Video – Link
