Automatic (parasitic) bicycle pump
This is really funny, but don’t do it. Aleksi writes – “Fill your bicycle wheels with conveniently available pressurized air stored in automobiles.” – Link.
Announcements
LED – POV wheels for your car
It’s a POV world, we just live in it – for only $12,000+ you can have your car wheels display digital images as you drive. “The included software allows you to create your own images and send them to each wheel individually or all wheels at the same time as you drive! You can even […]
Free fork lift
I have no idea if this is some sort of trap/scam/etc, but someone is *giving* away a fork lift in the San Francisco area. I can think of a lot of projects with a fork lift, so if you can too, and you’re in the area…hey, free fork lift – Thanks Jason! Link.
Live blogging ABC’s American Inventor! 9pm PST
OK Makers, we’re going to live blog ABC’s American Inventor (again). If you’re on IRC, visit #make on irc.freednode.net and chat with us, or stop back here on the MAKE blog and see the recap after the show. We’ll have lots of images and descriptions of all the “inventions”. Post in the MAKE forums during […]
Orange-Peel house for campers
This would be fun to make! Popular Mechanics 1955 – “Developed in Germany, a portable shelter for camping or trailer travel looks like a gigantic orange –and peels apart almost like one. The parts of the shelter are shaped much like the segments of an orange peel. One person can fasten the segments together to […]
HOW TO – Build an Airbus A380 in about 7 minutes
Iteki writes – “How to make an Airbus in seven minutes. A little outside the scope of most of our home projects, but a great production how-to none the less.” – Link.
The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge – Top 25 Inventions of 2006 (part V)
The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge named the top 25 Inventions of 2006 and we have some pictures! This is part V, that’s it! Sean G. Westcott, Engineer, Eugene, OR. Solar-Powered Bus Stop Light: The Solar-Powered Bus Stop Light allows a waiting passenger who sees an approaching bus to press a button located on the […]