In the 50’s and 60’s John T. Frye, W9EGV / Popular Electronics published a series of fiction stories called “The Carl and Jerry stories” – In each story the pair acquired new skills, got their ham radio licenses and used their knowledge of electronics to get out of a jam or solve a mystery – […]
The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra is a nine piece orchestra with instruments made from vegetables – like saxophones made from a cucumber and a double bass made from a pumpkin – [via] – Link. More: Vienna Vegetable Orchestra – Link.
Incredible photos from The Survival Research Labs show in San Jose – taken by Scott Beale (Laughing Squid) Link. Congrats to the entire SRL team! More: In MAKE volume 07 we profile Mark Pauline. For nearly three decades, Survival Research Laboratories has redirected the technology of industry, science, and the military to create the most […]
Eric Grohe paints incredible 3D art on 2D surfaces (like buildings) – [via] – photos & Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Oskay writes – “Detail photo of Gravitram One at OMSI in Portland, Oregon. This is an amazing rolling-ball kinetic sculpture that has been running approximately continuously since 1973. It’s made (mostly) of 1/8” diameter copper-coated mild steel welding rod, brazed together in a simple, yet remarkable fashion. You could watch […]
Vang1.net’s Leela casemod – “After finishing my Bender project, I just had to do another futurama casemod. I thought about what to do for months and had several good ideas, but finally I fell for Leela. I’ve always been a big Futurama fan and I was 100% certain I’d be able to do this, dispite […]
We’ve covered tiny engines, steam engines… here’s one of the biggest diesel engines – “The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today… It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container […]
