Dani writes – “I recently hung out with this Benedictine monk who made and constantly modifies this cool bike. It has a subaru automobile engine and goes about 70mph at half throttle. It is so comfortable he has made a 700 mile day on it.” – Link.
Iowahawk has an a great post about Turbonique Inc, a company from the 1960’s who wanted to bring jet engines & rocket technology to the consumer market – for cars. “Once upon a time in the postwar, before the advent of EPA and OSHA and the Consumer Products Safety Commission and weenies in bike helmets […]
Australia’s Bayside Bulletin has a story about a fellow who built his own jet – “MT Cotton’s John Gross has flown into the history books in his homemade jet plane. After seven years building the three-quarter-scale Grumann Panther in his backyard shed, John took to the skies this month at the Kingaroy Aerodrome. It is […]
Today on G4 – Attack of the Show tune in and see some MAKE action! – “Our good friend Lloyd Kaufman from Troma Studios swings by to tell us about his new Toxic Avenger novel. MAKE magazine stops in with more toys, gadgets and DIY projects. The creators of Minioriteam, Adam de la Pena, Peter […]
Gfixler writes – “27 3/4″ clear acrylic cubes are drilled with 108 3/16″ holes, fitted with 108 D32 neodymium disc magnets with proper polarities facing out from each, and assembled into a size-matched magnetic version of the original Rubik’s Cube.” – Link.
Stanley writes in with a secret agent / spy how-to! – “Here’s how to covertly drill a pin hole through a wall for bugging purposes.” – Link.
Colin sent in this how-to on making your own Ferrofluid – “Ferrofluids are a stable (meaning inseparable) suspension of nanometer sized solid magnetic particles in a carrier fluid. The particles are coated with a surfactant; a chemical which prevents the particles from clumping together and forming a solid mass. The most common type of ferrofluid, […]
