15 Ingredients for Building the Perfect Food Truck
Start up your mobile eatery with a customized food truck. Here are 15 things you’ll want to consider.
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Hacker’s Haven of Tom Magliozzi
An appreciation for Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR’s Car Talk and co-founder of an early tool-sharing space, Hacker’s Haven
Make: Inventions “The Airbag”
In this episode of Make: Inventions, Steve makes an airbag system that can detect a crash and deploy safely in 1/20th of a second.
Ford Takes 3D Prototyping in a new Direction with Computer-Controlled Sheetmetal Former
We’re all familiar with rapid-prototyping as it pertains to 3D printers and CNC machines, but car makers have had tougher challenges over the years because they need pieces stamped or pounded out of sheet metal to build their prototypes, which often takes a lot of time and outsourced effort.
Oakland High Schoolers Need Your Power!
Tony, Carlos, and Raul, students at Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland, have taken on an ambitious senior project they plan to exhibit at Maker Faire: converting a gas-powered truck to electric power. They’ve been working afterschool and weekends and already gave up at least one holiday to work on the conversion. These young men exemplify the self-motivation we see in so many maker projects.
Did Somebody Say Suzuki SXbox 360?
Spotted this image on G+, with the obligatory chides of being Darwin Award-worthy-dumb and the obvious “Where’s the monitor?” I did some poking around online and found the source article on Team Xbox. Don’t worry, one doesn’t drive and game. This is for park and play only. It’s a Suzuki auto show concept car/geek playpen.
Steve Lodefink’s Pinewood Derby Racer
Photos of Steve Lodefink’s cool Pinewood Derby Racer
