This is a functional glass seismograph for measuring earthquakes. It stands about 40″ tall, and is about 48″ wide installed. It measures vibrations along the x and y axes (side to side), as well as the z axis (up and down), on three helicorders. Ideally, it should be bolted into bedrock for accuracy… Andy Paiko […]
1440 rpms v8 LEGO engine via Jalopnik. The maker writes – I upgraded the engine to a double cam setup and voila, promptly got 440rpms more. For now i’m running the engine completly unlubed. If i optimize it a bit further i think i can make it to 1600 rpms. I wonder how an inline […]
Tired of steampunk, you say? Maybe it’s time to ditch combustion altogether, kick it really old school, like with pedal-power, home-spun rope, bamboo, and coconuts. Welcome to cocopunk. What ya say, little buddy? It all started with this post by Mark Frauenfelder on D+R: In Praise of the Coconut Shell Although coconut shells do have […]
Here’s a cool PCB drill made of pieces of wood, a Dremel, a drill press, and some motors from old printers and VCRs. All of the code for the design is available through the link below [via], PCB Drill
67 year old Illinois native, Bill Bramanti built his future coffin in the shape of a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can because he just really loves the beer. Until he passes away, he’s using the coffin as a beer cooler, but admits that he has actually gotten inside the coffin to test the size. He […]
MotorcycleMoto magazine has a great article on The Uno – a one wheeled-looking motorcycle. Thanks Daniel! The 2008 National Motorcycle Show in Toronto has always been heavily influenced by the American V-twin crowd and highlights some of the area’s top custom builders who have on display a fine array of one-off custom machines. This year’s […]
The FLARE system is a modular dynamic display for building facades that acts like a “living skin” to allow the building to “communicate” with its environment. The surface, controlled by a computer, consists of a series of tiltable metal flakes and controllable pneumatic cylinders that act as pixels based on their tilt in relation to […]
