Patrick made a very cool “problem light”… So, I’d decided a while back to build a problem light, after being inspired by someone else’s genius. Think of a smoke alarm…but more general. So, as I began plotting my own problem light, in the Venture Bros style, my friend told me she was redoing her living […]
It’s about time… A server completely made from duct tape, four rolls of gray Nashua duct tape, a quarter roll of translucent 3M duct tape. The fan guard is made from duct tape too… – [via] Link.
NY Times has a great article on makers who create tiny replica engines – DOWNSIZING may be a chilling concept nearly everywhere, but not in the workshop of George Luhrs, a machinist in Shoreham, N.Y., with an affinity for the very small. Mr Luhrs has built a single-cylinder engine you could lose in a pocketful […]
I’m not sure what this is, but I really like it (check out the video) – Link.
Matthias Wandel has the coolest project ever, a binary marble computer – It had occurred to me that perhaps with an insane amount of perseverance, it might be possible to build a whole computer that runs on marbles. My second marble machine was however much less based on logic – more on just making lots […]
Stuart King’s reconstruction of Leonardo Da Vinci’s lathe – Many of Leonardo’s inventions have been put to the test in recent times, indeed a number of them, such as his hang glider have been the subject of absorbing television documentaries. Because it appeared that no one had previously attempted to recreate the great mans lathe, […]
Speaking of Teslas – yikes! Link.
