Made On Earth

Mechanical lion

Wow, HighmoonMedia @ The Dragon’s Landing Inn forum spotted this aweesome rideable mechanical lion built by a metalworker in Belgium – [via] – Link (photos and more). Update: Dirkus writes ” if you visit the creator’s site you’ll find that this is a Tiger, not a Lion, and her name is Shiva. More info and […]

Street based ink refilling

Street based ink refilling

Street Use points to an interesting site ‘Future perfect” (Nokia) that has a large collection user-research, repair culture type posts and observations from around the world … Like this one, the ink refilling services in in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City above and Delhi – [via] – Link. Related: Refill ‘er up – […]

Svo’s oscillating steam engine

Svo’s oscillating steam engine

MAKE Flick photo pool member Svofski built a steam engine without needing the usual expensive tools… – “I’ve been long fascinated with steam power. Using some spare time I’d been lucky to have, I started building my model. There are plenty of succesful examples of homebuilt steam models on the net, however all of them […]

Giant NES@!

Giant NES@!

Here’s a giant NES measuring in at 8 ft. wide, 3ft height, 3ft long, and in weighing in at 400 pounds… [via] Thanks James! – Link (10/01/06 entry). Related: This goes great with the world’s largest NES Controller! – Link. NES archives, hacks, mods and more – Link.