Art writes – “A man is planning to shoot himself 20 miles into the air from what might be the world’s largest crossbow (24 feet) while sitting on a homemade rocket. The project, code name,R.U.S.H (RAPID UP SUPER HIGH) uses rockets that provide up 1,350 pounds of thrust and a comfortable 10 Gs.” [via] – […]
Sspence writes – “We built a 1000 watt wind turbine to help charge the battery bank that powers our offgrid home. It’s a permanent magnet alternator, generating 3 phase ac, rectified to dc, and fed to a charge controller. The magnets spin with the wind, the coils are fixed, so no brushes or slip rings […]
Since Phil has posted up some great shots of Maker’s workshops I started wondering about where people craft. I found this great Flickr group called “Craft Rooms” and there are tons of cool photos of craft rooms or corners and how people organize their craft supplies. As a comment on this photo’s page says, “I […]
This is Rob’s workbench, there are many like it, but this one is his. Add your workspace/bench to the MAKE Flickr photo pool and we’ll pick a few over the next couple weeks, and you might just win something nice from MAKE (winning is good). So, bring out your bench! – Link.
Ben has his Apple IIe on the web, here’s how he did it – “My Apple IIe is online via an ethernet card I bought from a2RetroSystems, and the Contiki Operating System. I used a super serial card along with a Windows machine and some software called ADT to transfer disk images of Contiki to […]
Here’s a homebrew version of the classic Super Mario, in 3D! [via] – Link.
Arlrcr writes – “I design and “MAKE” flying (high performance acrobatic) radio control electric airplanes from recycle-able materials. Primarily corugated cardboard, foam meat trays popsicle sticks, coffee stirrers, bits of wire, Tape, food shrink wrap, etc. The model airplane community does’nt seem to “get it”, but perhaps the MAKE community will!” – Link.
