Human powered vehicle
Wow, this pedal and electric assisted human power vehicle seats 4 and looks like a lot of fun – [via] Link.
Made On Earth
Art from above
Here’s some art, best viewed from above… Raijin (God of Thunder) made from different varieties of rice [via] – Link. Here’s a 32-acre “Star Trek” maze on a farm in northern England. Last but not least, “rake art” – drawings made with rakes and photographed with a kite (like our previous weekend project) [via] – […]
Build your own underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV)
Hey remember that homemade spy sub? Well, here’s how to build one – “Inspired by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jason built this underwater Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) so he, himself, could explore the depths of his bath tub, swimming pool and beyond. Employing mostly off-the-shelf parts, the ROV is controlled via Visual Basic commands […]
Green Wifi – The solar Wi-Fi grid project
Interesting OpenWRT project – “The approach of the Green-WiFi project is to use software, hardware, and components easily available and low cost, but assembled and compiled to make smart use of technology. Following the MIT roof net approach, this project is using off the shelf hardware from Netgear and open source wireless grid software. The […]
Coming soon… the personal blimp
Finally, a personal blimp – “The goal of this work is the creation an aircraft capable of silent, steerable, sustained, and affordable flight. No such craft exists today. Construction of the first human-carrying Personal Blimp is complete. Tethered flight testing began in Q2 of 2006. Free flight testing is expected to begin in August of […]
Junior Skyhawk
H.R. (Bart) Everett made a 1/3-scale fiberglass replica of the A-4 Skyhawk for his son, he writes – “I constructed this 1/3-scale fiberglass replica of the A-4 Skyhawk, flown at the time by the Blue Angels precision flight demonstration team, in the late 70s while stationed in Montgomery, AL. I had initially intended to build […]
PingPongPixel – Display made from ping pong balls
Displaying images using ping pong balls as pixels – “The whole installation exsists out of 2 units. The first is the display-unit, the other one is the cabinet where we store, sort and dispense the balls. The Display-unit is about 2 by 3 meters, The produced picture is aprox. 2,40 mtrs by 1,80! One pixel […]
