DIY Alien Invasion
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Jcruss69 made an out of this world Alien invasion “haunted house” (and entered it in the MAKE & CRAFT contest) check out the complete photo set, outstanding work! – Link.
Made On Earth
From weapons of war to great coffee
BBC has a short article on a maker who turns discarded weapon shells into coffee machines… – “In his workshop in Mekele, just 120 km from Ethiopia’s border with Eritrea, Azmeraw Zeleke is turning burnt-out shells into cylinders used in coffee machines. Most of the shells are left over from the 1998-2000 war between the […]
Building live steam locomotives in 1/8 scale
Paul writes – “Here’s picture sent to one of my mailing lists by a fellow model engineer, of a boiler he’s building. Looks very much like a Jack-o-Lantern… He also blogs his progress on a number of different locomotive projects, heres the page. Not sure, but I thought this stuff may be of interest to […]
Functional art pinhole cameras – Wayne Martin Belger
Artist Wayne Martin Belger makes incredible “found art” and hand milled pinhole cameras that take photos and are amazing sculptures in themselves… “All the cameras are machined out of 6061 (aircraft quality) aluminum with tolerances kept within 1000th of an inch to ensure the cameras will be completely light tight and function smoothly. They all […]
Tetris weightlifting
Who says you can’t get buff playing video games? Here’s a clever Tetris weightlifting project using Phidgets infrared distance sensors and an open source Tetris clone (source and control software included) – Tim writes… “For many people, exercise is simply boring, so they turn to devices that can help them keep their minds off what […]
Restoration of the Hubbard Steam-Powered Motorcycle
Jim writes – “This project involves restoration of a rather rare breed of machine. Very few steam-powered motorcycles are known with the majority of historic “steamcycles” residing in museums (e.g., the “Field” steam motorcycle). There has been very little commercial exploitation of applying steam power to two-wheeled vehicles, so most “steamcycles” that come to light […]
re-MADE DVD player
Drew made a crummy DVD player and some found junk into an artsy new DVD player – “This is my new DVD tinker project . I found an old radio on the sidewalk and took it home with the intention of ripping it apart and putting something else back in it . I went to […]
