Micro-paintings on human hair
Artist Jin Yin Hua as more insanely tiny paintings on human hairs up – here is one as viewed through a microscope [via] – Link. & presidential portrait gallery. Previous: Panda painted on a single hair – Link.
Made On Earth
The history of Monowheels
Douglas writes – “A monowheel (or motorwheel) is one big wheel with rider and engine (if any) INSIDE its circumference. It is not to be confused with a unicycle, which has the rider above the wheel. You’ll see what I mean. (Sometimes the word “motorwheel” refers to just a wheel with an engine built into […]
House of Beer Cans
I didn’t know there was an online store devoted to beer cans, but there is, and they also have a tour of the second biggest collection of cans – ” The building and displays were constructed between 1998 and 2001 with the help of Jeff’s father Fred, friends and other family members. The collection, which […]
Robot sculptures made from scrap parts
Ann Smith makes these great little robo-sculptures from scrap parts and random electronic parts – [via] – Link.
Homemade Fighter cockpit simulator
Christian writes – “Johan Nauwelaertz from Sweden is building his own Jetfighter Cockpit Simulator in his garage. It uses 4 networked PCs, large projection screen and an original cockpit from AJ37 Viggen, a swedish attack fighter. The picture in this swedish article shows his latest setup.” – Link.
Guitars from old motorcycle parts
Courtney writes – “Charlie O’hanolan is the Bay Area’s leading expert on pre-1980 Honda motorcycles. This is not to be confused with O’hanolin Motorcycles, which was sold to a third party by Charlie’s evil twin brother. Charlie hand-crafts guitars from old motorcycle parts.” – Link. Related: Made on Earth. Gas tank bass instrument. MAKE 03 […]
Human Catapult
I don’t know anything more about this than it looks like someone made a human catapult. After launch the projectile-sapien springs a parachute and glides to safety. I bet this was in Australia – [via] – Link.
