Homemade cruise ship
Stephane writes – “An ex coal miner of the Lorraine Collieries, France, has built a 90 tons liner replica of the The Majesty of the Seas in his garden. He now sails with it.” – Link.
Made On Earth
Hot Rod home coffee roasters
Gallery and info on modded (and modding) coffee roasters – “For some people who roast their own coffee, off-the-shelf home coffee roasting appliances don’t cut it. Either they don’t offer enough control of the roast, are too expensive, or just don’t allow the roaster (uh, the person that is) to express themselves. The homemade or […]
DIY Refrigerator workbench
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Simpleproof made a workbench from an old refrigerator, nice work! Link.
High Voltage Tesla Coil
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Tesla1000 has a ton of photos of experiments with high voltage – I like this photo of one of the experiments in the suburbs. Link.
RFID enabled trampoline (video)
Mikey is having a lot of fun with the RFID enabled fire trampoline (as seen at the Maker Faire). Here are some new photos and videos – Link.
Rammed earth construction
Ugo writes – “If the production of cement is one of the highest carbon dioxide emitters in the world today, how can we reform the way we build in order to reduce these emissions? One of the answers might lie in the use of rammed earth as a material for construction of buildings.” – Link. […]
Antique Weather Clock
Peter writes “I took an antique clock, and replaced the gearwork with a computer controlled servo, hooked it to the internet to get the weather forcast, and replaced the numbers on the face of the clock with icons, so now it tells the weather instead of the time! I used a fake antique (replica) that […]