Jeremy Mayer makes these really fantastic evocative sculptures from old typewriters. I’m amazed by what he uses for each body part, and how he could have imagined to put things together the way he does. Via BoingBoing.
Here’s part two of BBtv’s tour of the TCHO chocolate factory that David covered in his Proto column in MAKE Volume 14. I love the way they’ve bodged together village tech, Home Depot specials, and high-tech components to create machines and sensors for a few thousand bucks that would cost tens of thousands on the […]
This car mod turns it into a cartoon car getting blown up in an explosion or being melted by the sun. We’re not sure if it is actually drivable or not though. Extreme Car Mod From Hell Spotted in Bali.
(NPR photo by Jolie Myers) MAKE Contributing Editor Mister Jalopy (Los Angeles, CA) was profiled on NPR’s Day to Day. Mr. Jalopy describes himself as a mediocre welder, a fair mechanic and a clumsy designer — not the type of fellow one would expect to create what he playfully calls the “biggest iPod in the […]
In today’s episode of BBtv, MAKE Editor at Large David Pescovitz and Xeni Jardin of BBtv get a tour of the TCHO chocolate factory. David also did a piece on TCHO for the Proto column of MAKE Volume 14. In part one of BBtv’s multi-part exploration of Tcho, we begin in the lab, and learn […]
These homemade wireframe trucks from Cameroon, Africa use a large steering wheel to maneuver a small car on the road. Really simple construction here, built from found materials and junk, but pretty inspiring nonetheless. via Street Use
Wow, this is a “real” Simpsons house via Merlin. The photographer brantastic writes – sara and i passed this house in whycocomagh on our way to cape breton island, and were both like, “what the h3ll? STOP THE CAR.” and we turned around and took pictures in some family’s front yard. when the lady who […]
