Marcel writes – In November 1997, I though about building a clock with a pendulum activated by the fall of bearing balls. The first thing to design was the engine which was to sustain the pendulum’s oscillation: how to get enough energy from a ball to make this possible? The balls had to be heavy […]
In MAKE 07 we had a “Made on Earth” about Tony Alleyne’s apartment turned-Star Trek starship renovation project and here’s a BBC video about it too! Trekkie Recreates Awesome Set of Star Trek: Voyager in a Studio Apartment – Link.
Check it out, this project uses an old Intel digital microscope! The topic of the project works between interactiondesign and the biology. It concerns the communication between animal and the machine. The animal represents the user of a system and has the possibility to intervene. The User of the System are the so-called „Daphnien”. These […]
Illuminator writes – This design was born out of my fascination of edge-lighting. I love the way light catches the engraved design & jumps out at you seemingly flouting in mid-air. This particular table was a prototype I built over three years ago while I was working for a fiber-optics company. (the lighting type of […]
Crabfu released his latest steam creation, robo-beetle! The Cheddar Pegasus is a marine plant, so the engine is made to fit propeller shafts. Adapting it for this project required the engine to adapt to a much smaller pinion shaft. Luckily the High-Lift chassis had just enough room in the front (which later became the back) […]
Spluch writes – HA Schult, a German artist created 1,000 “Trash People” statues in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome. The sculptures which were made entirely from household waste and glue, will be on display until 29 March, 2007. 1000个”垃圾人”在罗马大街展出(组图)_网易新闻ä¸å¿ƒ – [via] Link.
Here’s a creepy cool contraption gallery called Kardia Mechanicus from Ejectorhead – the gears are made from CD-ROM drive. Kardia Mechanicus – [via] Link.
