Mechanix Illustrated in 1939 had these spring heeled shoes, and just a couple years ago I saw new versions in a store, neato. If you look at the pages of all these old magazines, even the somewhat “out there” ideas, all seem to eventually make an appearance again… – Link. Related: Z-CoiL (commercial shoes with […]
Before After Jeff Kinder turned his basement in to a retro gaming heaven, including pumping in ambient arcade sounds, he writes “For the final phase of my project I installed 4 speakers up in-between the joists which play all 80’s music and the “Arcade Ambience” sound effect files that I downloaded from Andy Hofle’s website. […]
Here’s a fantastic Flickr group with old Halloween postcards, decorations and photos from the 1800s to the 1960s – [via] – Link. Here’s Pumpkin Man, what’s going on here? Related: Halloween, MAKE-style – Link. Halloween archives – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Aaron writes – “We built an arcade emulation cabinet in under 2 weeks of nights and weekends for a friend’s 30th birthday.” – Link. The detail on this is freaking sweet! Related MAME projects: Mini MAME arcade consoles – Link. nano MAME Cabinet – Link. DIY MAME / Arcade controller […]
Brass Goggles has a round up (to add to our round up) of more steam powered bicycles including “pete’s steam bike” wow! … – Link. Previous: Steam bicycles – Link. Steam powered motorcycle (photos) – Link. Steam archives on MAKE – Link.
The Smithsonian has a great collection of industrial drawings, doodles and sketches, like this Electro-mechanical fly catcher from Everett Huckel Bickley (1943) – “Drawing is a key element in the process of working out ideas. Drawing moves an idea from the “mind’s eye” to paper, the first step along the path from thought to three-dimensional […]
AGiES writes – “This is the wall hanging I commissioned from my mother. It’s based on this Wind Waker promotional desktop wallpaper with some modifications for material and sanity (Link’s shield is obviously more detailed in the drawn version.)” – Link.
