HOW TO – Make felted fortune cookies
Here’s a great tutorial on making felted fortune cookies. Perfect for gift embellishments or just on it’s own. [ via ] Link.
Month: October 2006
Rube Goldberg- like tea machine
James writes ” Me and my friend made a machine that puts a tea bag into a cup… physics, kinematics, mechanics, energy, interesting, amazing, machine, marble, run, contraption device…” Thanks JS! – Link. Related: Ramen cooking Rube Goldberg-like video – Link. Make Podcast: Rube Goldberg Contraption Machine Made …. – Link. HALF LIFE 2 Rube […]
Schwinn 2007 electric bikes
Jeez, these Schwinn electric bikes are pretty cool looking, I’m not sure I’d get one, but ebikes are getting pretty fancy… – Pictured here, the 2007 Speedster, here are some of the specs… Moto-inspired aluminum Cruiser frame Integrated tank carries Schwinn Protanium battery Three-speed drivetrain enhances riding experience. Triple clamp suspension fork for a smooth […]
Rubber bands run this flivver
Here you go, a “rubber band” powered car from How To Build It 1932 – “Using strips cut from old inner tubes as motive power, the Flivver-car described in this article by Mr. Cole can easily be built by any boy and will be an endless source of fun. Here is something which will gladden […]
Make-a Your Own-a Pumpakin!
If you like Homestarrunner, here’s a fun Flash app that helps you make/pick a stencil for your pumpkin carving – Link. Other pumpkin news — “Pumpkin-mad Bostonians yesterday lit 30,128 pumpkins” – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time […]
DIY Dell laptop power adaptor
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Anachrocomputer has a clever DIY solution for the weird plugs Dell uses – “Here’s a quick fix for a friend who wants to run her laptop from a DC-DC convertor. Only trouble is, the laptop has an odd square plug and the convertor only has round plugs. An in-line adaptor […]
Culture Catchers – snagging shortwave radio signals
Michael Sheridan’s Culture Catchers grab shortwave radio signals from all over the world and plays them back as people get near them – “Installed as Distant Views for the 2005 Boston Cyberarts Festival and subsequently as Culture Catchers at the gallery G-A-S-P. Shortwave radios, digital recorders and players, motion detectors, micro computers and antennae were […]