Visualizing Skateboard Tricks with an Ipod
With humble beginnings of strapping an Ipod to the bottom of a skateboard, Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille of Design I/O have created a method to visualize skateboard tricks in real time.
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Swing Made from Skateboard
This gem was found by user SmileyG, who says:
This one is made in my friends garden. It was her mom idea to make from skate swing.
This is a great example of upcycling, and one with a nice rustic look to boot. It seems we’ve been seeing more and more repurposed skateboards lately.
Baby Deck Chair Fashioned from Skateboard
This chair for tikes is the creation of the boardgames crew on Etsy.
Paper Skateboard is Tougher, Lovelier Than Ply
Making skateboards out of… books? Yes, quite lovely and sturdy ones at that.
Longboard Generates Light While You Ride
ITP student Danne Woo modified his longboard with strips of LED lights that illuminate when a wheel-mounted generator spins. In short, a stepper motor is run through a bridge rectifier followed by a one farad supercapacitor and then into the LEDs. The resulting project is suitably called “The Circuit Board.”
How-To: Longboard Deck From Popsicle Sticks
According to Instructables user nsnip, they’re made from Baltic birch! To make this board, he cut the rounded ends off stacks of sticks with a table saw, laminated them stick-by-stick in five layers with alternating grain directions, and glued the whole thing together in an improvised vacuum press made from a clothes storage bag. Impressive, meticulous craftsmanship.
Tear It Up Off-Road with this Motorized Tread Skateboard
An off-road machine from Boston, the tread skateboard was tearing it up around World Maker Faire New York yesterday. Part snowblower, part battery, this deck can hit 20mph. It was designed, built, and ridden by Charles Guan, a member of The Miters from MIT.
