Mark Applebaum is a musician (and professor at Stanford) who makes incredibly complex sound sculptures from found objects. (Via DeepFun) The instruments consist of threaded rods, nails, wire strings stretched through a series of pulleys and turnbuckles, plastic combs, bronze braising rod blow-torched and twisted, doorstops, shoehorns, ratchets, steel wheels, springs, lead and PVC pipe, […]
We’ve written about Lockwasher’s rayguns before – he has some great junk robots, too!
MAKE Editor and Publisher Dale Dougherty writes from the California State Fair: Here is one of my favorite sights, a “green” truck in the Farm area. It’s an old truck covered in grass with vegetables and flowers growing in the flat bed. Talk about a raised bed! Think how the yards of rural America could […]
Great chart showing the dreaded vampire energy from GOOD magazine…
So what exactly is the DCMC binding system? DCMC stands for “Dirt Cheap Milk Container” and it’s a really clever way of binding a book. It allows you easily add or remove pages based on your needs, kind of like a 3 ring binder. Read more about The DCMC Binding System
Artist Susan Robb installs this wonderful sculpture in Seattle’s Volunteer Park periodically, just for a few hours. Made from trash-bag liners, they’re filled with air and sun-powered.
I can’t say that I am a big fan of the looks of this car, but the 225 miles per gallon is hard to beat. The car has an electric rear drive system with a Kubota diesel system when the lithium batteries run out. Apparently you will be able to purchase an XR3 kit soon. […]
