Portable typewriter laptop…
It’s hard to tell what’s going on here, it appears to be a typewriter crossed with a laptop + a morse code keypad of sorts, but one thing is for sure, it’s awesome and belongs in Brazil. [via] – Link & Japanese page.
Month: October 2006
Vacuum cleaner music
We Make Money Not Art has a great collection of Vacuum cleaner based music… Celeste Boursier-Mougenot’s Harmonichaos is a sound installation made of 13 vacuum cleaners fitted with a harmonica in their mouth and a switch that turns them on/off. Each is connected to a sound frequency analyzer (a modified electronic guitar tuner). Two more […]
Things to do with old tea leaves…
Here’s how to prepare recycled green tea leaves & a whole bunch of things to do with old tea leaves, my favorite… – “Pillows – Although it sounds weird at first, dried green tea leaves are an excellent option for an organic pillow. Not only soft when used in bulk, the faint aroma of the […]
HOW TO – Make flashing “BONEfones”
MAKE Instructable member Gschoppe shows you how to convert a totally underwhelming foam skull into a Halloween speaker system… He writes – “I was at Abott’s party store in Littleton, NH a couple days ago and saw a foam skull. Upon first glance it looked like your basic Halloween prop, until I saw the LEDs […]
Plastic model kit art
Artist Harm van den Dorpel makes constructions and artwork made out of Revell plastic model kits, check out his other works too… – Link. Related: Art @ MAKE – Link.
Multimachine – Open Source machine tool
Pat writes – “Need an almost free machine shop to fit in your closet or even one that fills your garage? Need a free hand drill to make 1” holes in hardened steel? Need some simple castings with a tensile strength near that of cast iron? Need 75 cent bearings to replace $5000 roller bearings? […]
Candy wrapper wrapper clutch purse
Here’s how to make Candy wrapper purses. These would be a lot of fun to take to the movies… Thanks Chincilla! – Link.