NES Guitar Mod
What do you do if no amount of blowing on game cartridges is able to get your NES to boot? Well, if you’re a maker and a true guitar hero, you give your favorite system a new life as a rockin’ “NES Paul.” [via] – Link.
Made On Earth
The Worlds Longest Bike & DIY Train
One of my new favorite sites, EnglishRussia, has a couple great “Made on Earth” transports, a DIY train made from a car and the worlds longest bike!- “It’s creator Oleg “Leshij” Rogov was from Tver city, a small town near Moscow city. He was a big biker fan since his childhood. One day he has […]
Virtual tour of “Steve’s weird house”
Wow, check out these incredible QTVRs (Quicktime VR movies) of Stephen’s house! “Stephen resides in a Victorian home that is a cluttered combination of museum, library and art gallery, decorated with that old-world Addam’s Family charm. Not only is every inch of every wall covered with art, but all the ceilings are also decorated. Stephen […]
Folding chairs through the ages
We cover lots of weird maker-made chairs and even robotic chairs, so it’s a nice treat to see the history of the folding chair – “Many centuries the folding chair was considered one of the most important pieces of furniture in the house and a prized status symbol. In ancient civilizations folding stools were used […]
VSSTV – Very Slow Scan Television
Watching TV, one drop a time… – “Very Slow Scan Television (VSSTV) is a new television format that we have developed building upon Slow Scan Television (SSTV), an image transmission system used by Ham Radio amateurs. VSSTV uses broadcasts from this historic public domain television system and regular bubble wrap to construct an analogous system: […]
Murmansk’s gorgeous garages
MAKE reader cparada writes in with this addition to our previous maker “workshops” post… – “Here’s an interesting variation: Garages in Baltic Russia. [These are in Murmansk (МýрманÑк), per Wikipedia: “a city in the extreme northwest of Russia with a seaport on the Kola Bay, 12km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of […]
Steam powered rolling ball game
I-Wei @ Crabfu SteamWorks is expanding steam power to more than just bots! Here’s a Jensen #5 electrically heated steam engine + Bandai Spacewarp game – Link. Related: Gakken Steam Engine car kit (video) – Link. Steam bicycles – Link. The Darby Steam-Digger – Link. Steam bicycles – Link. Building live steam locomotives in 1/8 […]