Neatorama has the final results and round up from the “World’s largest photo” project. Using a photography technique called Camera obscura, the Leagacy project made the world’s largest photograph, a 28 x 108 foot b&w, in an airplane hanger – “The image then appeared upside down and flipped left to right on a sheath of […]
Here’s a photographic guide on identifying the different hi-riser cars out in the wild. I saw a sweet Donk on Valencia (SF) over the weekend, but wasn’t sure what it was called until I saw this… – “Since the creation of the wheel, man has been on a quest to make them bigger and better. […]
I-Wei Huang @ Crabfu SteamWorks who we featured in MAKE 07 just sent his latest, a radio controlled Steam truck!- Link. Update: I-Wei just uploaded another video, him getting pulled on skateboard! – Link. Related: Made On Earth – Sample PDF and videos! – Link. Made On Earth – MAKE 07 (videos) – Link. Make […]
Garnet Hertz’s roach controlled bot is making the rounds around the web, here’s a really good video (that I haven’t seen) of it in action – Link. Related: Made on Earth – Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a cockroach-controlled robot, high altitude glider, student-built cyclotron, Vee 9 solar vehicle, robotic CD burner, […]
These farmers aren’t messing around, they are drag racing on completely tricked out tractors – [via] – Link (photo gallery).
Bruce Gardner has a galley of hikaru dorodango a Japanese schoolyard pastime where kids polish clumps of mud to create these amazing little nuggets of shiny – [via] – Link & how-to
The San Jose Museum of Art has a collection of globes with all sorts of info-graphics on them, here’s one with life expectancy – “Exploring how maps mediate between the known and the unknown, Ingo Gunther’s WorldProcessor presents more than 25 illuminated, modified globes to engage audiences into journeying among alternative worldviews, from “refugee currents” […]
