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The Smile helmet

The Smile helmet

Artist Tim Simpson has a helmet that makes you smile, no serious, the helmet *makes* you smile – “A helmet for people in jobs which demand an unusual amount of smiling, such as air-stewards, receptionists and politicians. A sensor in the front of the helmet detects anybody within a 2 metre range, at which point […]

Mechanical lion

Wow, HighmoonMedia @ The Dragon’s Landing Inn forum spotted this aweesome rideable mechanical lion built by a metalworker in Belgium – [via] – Link (photos and more). Update: Dirkus writes ” if you visit the creator’s site you’ll find that this is a Tiger, not a Lion, and her name is Shiva. More info and […]

Street based ink refilling

Street based ink refilling

Street Use points to an interesting site ‘Future perfect” (Nokia) that has a large collection user-research, repair culture type posts and observations from around the world … Like this one, the ink refilling services in in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City above and Delhi – [via] – Link. Related: Refill ‘er up – […]

Svo’s oscillating steam engine

Svo’s oscillating steam engine

MAKE Flick photo pool member Svofski built a steam engine without needing the usual expensive tools… – “I’ve been long fascinated with steam power. Using some spare time I’d been lucky to have, I started building my model. There are plenty of succesful examples of homebuilt steam models on the net, however all of them […]