Riding the (mono)rails
French artist Vincent Lamouroux built this cool pedal cycle to travel along abandoned French Aerotrain monorail tracks. I love it when the future is already in ruin. Vincent Lamouroux – [via] Link
Energy & Sustainability
If you’re a maker just starting out your journey in sustainability, it can be overwhelming to figure out how to get started. From understanding the types of materials to utilize, learning what steps will help reduce waste and emissions, and finding inspiring new ways to explore creativity that don’t have a negative environmental impact. The good news is there are plenty of resources available for DIYers looking for ways to make their projects more sustainable – from simple switches you can make today, big-picture ideas for longterm change, or exciting new ways makers are helping push sustainability into the future. In these blog posts we’ll look at tips tricks and ideas specifically tailored towards diyers and makers on the road to creating projects with greater eco consciousness so that not only will you create something beautiful but also respect its impact on our planet!
Inappropriate rocket powered items
Oobject has a round up of inappropriate rocket powered items, but for the life of me I couldn’t find a single one that was inappropriate – pictured here, the rocket powered toilet – [via] Link.
The iShoes – motorized shoes
This isn’t a MAKE project (I think) they’re the “The iShoes”. Motorized shoes that go up to 13.5mph, weigh about 12lbs and have a 3 mile range. I tried to email them with some questions, but they seem to be popular at the moment “child status 100…The e-mail message could not be delivered because the […]
Kids Sweater Apron Tutorial
Green Kitchen has made this absolutely adorable kids sweater apron! I love the stripy colors and the perfectly coordinated light blue trim. Link.
Merry go round airplane launcher
Here’s a neat idea from Popular Science 1933, best tested on MythBusters now (they just tested if a plane could take off from a treadmill)… a merry go round airplane launcher, what do you think would happen? At least it would be more fun than most airport experiences – Link.
Chocolate-powered truck
Does Willy Wonka know about this? From Boing Boing: Sounds like an awesome band name, but chocolate biodiesel is in fact what one vehicle ran on, in a 4-week trek from the UK to Timbuktu. A group known as BioTruck modded a 1989 Ford Iveco Cargo to run entirely by biodiesel made from chocolate — […]
DIY Photo Snoot
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Member Chris Metcalf constructed this flash snoot from corrugated cardboard and gaffer tape. Although it may sound like the name of a Dr. Suess character, a snoot is a sort of choke used in photography to limit the spread of light from a flash. Snoot’s can create an eerie vignetting […]
