John really likes roller coasters, but didn’t want to wait in line, so he made “The Blue Flash”, a 180-foot long homemade coaster featuring a 360-degree loop – took about a year and cost about the same as taking the family to Disney… [via] – Link. Related: Homemade wooden coaster bike – Link. Roller coaster […]
Here are Lewis Tardy’s incredible found art/scrap metal biomechanical sculptures – [via] – Link. Pictured here: Stryker CMF “Reconstruction” – Created from Stryker titanium craniomaxillofacial reconstruction plates and screws as well as other steel and stainless steel found objects. Related: Art @ MAKE – Link.
Mikael Carlson builds/restores and flies these amazing old airplanes – “Mikael Carlson was born in 1959 and he has ever since childhood been most interested in aviation. Already at an early age he was a very skilful model airplane builder which eventually resulted in gold and silver medals at two consecutive World Championships for R/C […]
Here’s a homemade sub from Russia, check out all the pics! – “This Russian man from St. Petersburg got his personal submarine. He built it himself and it is the smallest submarine in Russia, officially registered as a boat by Russian boat registry and has got it’s own personal name and number. He can make […]
Ron DeCorte has a great article about automate artist Francois Junod – “I can hear you asking “What is an Automate and who is Francois Junod?” An automate is a combination of art, sculpture, and mechanics used to create articulated, moving models resembling life and fantasy in all its forms. As for Francois Junod, let’s […]
Jonny5rd has an awesome case mod… he writes – “A few years ago, I purchased a bare-bones PC from Ebay. The internals were nice, and the case seemed pretty cool–at first. I quickly to grow tired of it’s cheesy, 1337-wannabe aesthetics; and even more so of my purely-functional mods. I wanted something new, and I […]
Back in the day dogs earned their keep, really… Here’s a great article (and drawings) of horse, sheep and dog powered contraptions… [via] – Link. More: Dog Power – Link. Museum of Retro technology – Link. Dog powered transportation: Dog Powered Scooter – Link.
