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Emeka from the Timbuktu Chronicles sent in the Fully Belly project, a worldwide effort to build peanut shelling machine in developing countries – “The vision of the Full Belly Project is that the residents of rural communities in developing countries live lives of abundance – that they awake each morning to days of economic possibility […]
Daniel made a digital pinhole camera from a Canon 350D, the photos turned out great! – Link. Related: Pinhole camera projects – Link.
Osbock writes – “Pinhole camera constructed from an eclipse mint can. Inspired by the Matchbox camera by alspix. I must say, the Eclipse brand had something to do with the inspiration too. I made a few mods, though, I decided not to mask the frame, as I’ve always wanted to try “perf” images. I totally […]
A MAKE reader spotted this Mechanical spider site in the How What Why forums – “It has been a hobby for a number of years to develop a “bicycle” without wheels that could walk. It would move on legs and resemble a large insect. A linkage was developed that satisfied the design criteria and several […]
Larry bought a squid in a seafood market from Chinatown district of Philadelphia and made his own “War of the Worlds” photoshoot – he used two cans of paint and some bungi cords for the alien ship hatch – [via] Link.
Leah Kramer from Craftster.org and Bazaar Bizaare is fully rested now post Maker Faire and just put up her recap of the events at the fair. From Leah, “Words cannot describe how amazing this event was. It was HUGE and there were so many different things going on. It was sort of part science-fair-for-adults and […]
Jeff writes – “Here’s my first stab at an electric powered vehicle – A plastic Adriondack chair from Target, with headlights, keyed ignition, speed control in the pistol grips, foot pedal steering, under armrest neon lighting etc. Cruises the neighborhood at about 12mph. Surprisingly comfortable with aircraft (rudder) like steering footpegs.”
