Power Tripping
High-voltage engineer Greg Leyh builds the largest Tesla coils in the world.
Makers
The Maker State
Safe working practices give you the freedom to attempt projects on the edge.
Welcome — Maker Faire is Too Much
Author Gareth Branwyn welcomes you to MAKE Volume 11: Alternative Vehicles.
Berlin Hacker Spaces
I’m back from Defcon, Chaos Communications Camp, and a hacker space tour of Germany and Austria. I’ll be posting this week about the places. Did you notice that last weeks podcast was taped in Berlin? – Link A long time ago, a space station from the future crashed in Berlin. A group of hackers discovered […]
Make your own Moonbeam
Earlier in the week, we covered the Boston Globe piece about the Moonbeam, a three-wheel microcar. Bre Pettis pointed me to builder Jory Squibb’s website where he has background info, numerous pics, video and a “How to Build Moonbeam” project journal. How to build Moonbeam, a 100 MPG microcar – Link
Of Moonbeams and motorcycles
The Boston Globe has a brief piece on Jory Squibb, a Camden, Maine handyman, who deconstructed two Honda Elite scooters and used them to create this three-wheeled vehicle he calls the Moonbeam. It gets more than 100 miles to the gallon and goes a stop and smell the roses speed of 35-40 MPH. One Gallon, […]
Personal blimps
Thushan Amarasiriwardena sent MAKE this video that accompanied a piece he did in yesterday’s Boston Globe. In it, a dynamic duo from Amherst, MA talk about their efforts to build and perfect the personal blimp. Is this the next MAKE corporate vehicle? Personal blimp sails over fields of Amherst – Link
