Early animatronics
Short, but really interesting article from Popular Science in 1933 discussing what have got to be some of the earliest examples of animatronics – mechanical dinosaurs from the Chicago World’s Fair. – [via] Link.
Modern Mechanix
Blueprint lamp shade
Clever project from Popular Mechanics 1954, a blueprint lampshade – Link. Related: Universal lamp shade polygon building kit – Link. HOW TO – Make a record lampshade – Link.
Junk yard yields parts for odd organ
Here’s a wonderful junkyard organ from Popular Science 1939 – Discarded bottles, an old vacuum-cleaner motor, sections of inner tubing, and other objects salvaged from the scrap heap comprise the parts of a unique junk-yard organ recently exhibited at Atlantic City, N.J. Individual notes are sounded by air from the cleaner motor blowing across small […]
Kid chariot tricycle trailer
Here’s an old timey kid chariot you can make – Link.
Chandelier made from bullets
Make chandeliers not wars… Link.
Alarm clock closes bedroom window in the morning
It’s Monday, you might need this – an alarm clock closes bedroom window in the morning – Link. Related: Maker of the day – Matty Sallin, Bacon-cooking alarm clock – Link. The Retractable alarm clock – Link. Shocking alarm clock – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Killing Time. MAKE 08 – page 100. Hack […]
Cameras on bike wheels, death ray, robo-checker player and thinking in glass
Cameras spin on bicycle wheel to film lightning streak, Popular Mechanics – 1936 – Link. Inventor hides secret of “Death Ray” – “Pigeons on the wing instantly killed by death rays from a machine four miles away–that is the feat reputedly accomplished by a deadly apparatus developed by Dr. Antonio Longoria, of Cleveland, Ohio, who […]
