Stove made from unexploded bomb
Make stoves, not war…? – “Popular Mechanics 1949” – Link.
Made On Earth
World’s largest photo
Neatorama has the final results and round up from the “World’s largest photo” project. Using a photography technique called Camera obscura, the Leagacy project made the world’s largest photograph, a 28 x 108 foot b&w, in an airplane hanger – “The image then appeared upside down and flipped left to right on a sheath of […]
Car mod identification : Donks, Boxes or Bubbles?
Here’s a photographic guide on identifying the different hi-riser cars out in the wild. I saw a sweet Donk on Valencia (SF) over the weekend, but wasn’t sure what it was called until I saw this… – “Since the creation of the wheel, man has been on a quest to make them bigger and better. […]
Radio controlled Steam truck!
I-Wei Huang @ Crabfu SteamWorks who we featured in MAKE 07 just sent his latest, a radio controlled Steam truck!- Link. Update: I-Wei just uploaded another video, him getting pulled on skateboard! – Link. Related: Made On Earth – Sample PDF and videos! – Link. Made On Earth – MAKE 07 (videos) – Link. Make […]
Cockroach controlled robot (video)
Garnet Hertz’s roach controlled bot is making the rounds around the web, here’s a really good video (that I haven’t seen) of it in action – Link. Related: Made on Earth – Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a cockroach-controlled robot, high altitude glider, student-built cyclotron, Vee 9 solar vehicle, robotic CD burner, […]
Farm dragsters
These farmers aren’t messing around, they are drag racing on completely tricked out tractors – [via] – Link (photo gallery).
Shiny balls of mud gallery
Bruce Gardner has a galley of hikaru dorodango a Japanese schoolyard pastime where kids polish clumps of mud to create these amazing little nuggets of shiny – [via] – Link & how-to
