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Self playing harmonica

Self playing harmonica

Joel writes – “This artist makes all sorts of interesting stuff like a rocking chair with one leg that rocks in an arc, and the one you should really check out under his sculptures is a self playing harmonica machine… He has video of some of them including the harmonica machine. It looks like it […]

Wooden bike

Wooden bike

MAKE Flickr photo pool member Kenpower posted up this wooden bicycle from China “I snapped this wooden bike on a trip to Kashgar, China. It’s a bit heavy, but really works. Note the unconventional steering control!” [via] – Link.

Carriage of War

Carriage of War

Pillowcase writes “I made a baby carriage for warwalking, because I had no car… It has (had) a boombox and car battery to power it all, so that it would announce the found nodes with text-to-speech (and play some of the fight club soundtrack)…” – Link & photos.

LED POV helmet

LED POV helmet

MAKE Flickr photo pool member Elemenoh writes “This is my “Light Emitting Diode Persistence of Vision Helmet”. I made it for my Gizmology class this semester. On the end of the black arm is a vertical row of 8 red LEDs that are attached to a chip which controls the rate at which they flash. […]

The Heatsink from hell

The Heatsink from hell

Jschuch writes “So, the title of the eBay auction was “large rectifier”, and sure enough the photo showed a couple of what appeared to be large heatsinks with stud diodes inbetween them. Opening bid was $0.99, and the seller is near my house (a clearance business that moves thousands of ebay lots per day) so […]