3D paintings on buildings
Eric Grohe paints incredible 3D art on 2D surfaces (like buildings) – [via] – photos & Link.
Made On Earth
Gravitram One
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Oskay writes – “Detail photo of Gravitram One at OMSI in Portland, Oregon. This is an amazing rolling-ball kinetic sculpture that has been running approximately continuously since 1973. It’s made (mostly) of 1/8” diameter copper-coated mild steel welding rod, brazed together in a simple, yet remarkable fashion. You could watch […]
Leela casemod
Vang1.net’s Leela casemod – “After finishing my Bender project, I just had to do another futurama casemod. I thought about what to do for months and had several good ideas, but finally I fell for Leela. I’ve always been a big Futurama fan and I was 100% certain I’d be able to do this, dispite […]
The most powerful diesel engine in the world
We’ve covered tiny engines, steam engines… here’s one of the biggest diesel engines – “The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today… It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container […]
Miniature tape recorder collection
Check out Roland Schellin’s incredible miniature tape recorder collection from 50s/60s – [via] – Link (German) & translated.
HOW TO – Make an inflatable Moai
Bill writes “Here’s a build log of our Inflatable Moai project. We converted two Halloween lawn decorations into 9′ Moai for the Tiki Invasion show this past weekend @ the Mission Tiki Drive-in in Montclair, CA.” – Link. Wikipedia – Moai are statues carved from compressed volcanic ash on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The statues […]
Match museum
The Match museum in Japan has a detailed history of matches, the science of matches and galleries of current (and old) match book art – “Japan Match Manufacturers Association and Japan Match Lateral Corporation operate this Match Museum. The biggest feature of this museum is superior match labels, which are specially selected from Rankei Library’s […]