Gorgeous Wood Bicycles from Masterworks
From lightweight racing bikes to commuters to chopper-esque cruisers, these bikes are a showcase of wooden cycle design.
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Practice Your Service Return With This Arduino-Powered Automatic Ping-Pong Ball Machine
Friction wheel mechanism, frame made of VEX Robotics Design System components.
A New Sport: Crate Stacking
Crate stacking is a game. The objective is to stack as many upside-down plastic milk crates as possible and stand on the top. Come try it out at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire this Sunday in Oakland.
Shredding the Mountain on a Fragile Italian Glass Snowboard
Ever wanted to shred down the mountain atop a sheet of super smooth glass? The folks at Network_A and Signal Snowboards teamed up to make a real glass snowboard and see how it rides. This video is fun to watch — you get to see the entire build process and the exhilarating field testing afterwards. It looks like they had a blast.
Add it to the List: Robots can now Play Badminton
Researchers at the Flanders Mechatronics Technology Centre in Belgium have built a robot that can play quite a convincing game of badminton.
A Folding Kayak Made of Corrugated Plastic?!
New uses for existing materials can fuel hardware innovation. Such was the case for Anton Willis who after moving to a San Francisco apartment had to put his beloved kayak into storage. No room for big toys. By coincidence around that same time he met Robert Lang, a physicist and renowned origami expert. The ideas of kayaks and origami fused in Anton’s mind and lead him on a journey that resulted in the Oru, an innovative folding kayak.
Moonlight Skiing, Tron-Style
Inspired by a post on Makezine last year about a crew of EL-wire brandishing surfers, the folks at Switchback Entertainment made a short video for Salomon Freeski TV featuring EL-wire embellished skiers (and some seriously drool-worthy powder shots). The video was filmed using only small headlamps, moonlight, and EL wire as light sources. Compounded by […]
