This isn’t a MAKE project (I think) they’re the “The iShoes”. Motorized shoes that go up to 13.5mph, weigh about 12lbs and have a 3 mile range. I tried to email them with some questions, but they seem to be popular at the moment “child status 100…The e-mail message could not be delivered because the […]
Here’s a neat idea from Popular Science 1933, best tested on MythBusters now (they just tested if a plane could take off from a treadmill)… a merry go round airplane launcher, what do you think would happen? At least it would be more fun than most airport experiences – Link.
Does Willy Wonka know about this? From Boing Boing: Sounds like an awesome band name, but chocolate biodiesel is in fact what one vehicle ran on, in a 4-week trek from the UK to Timbuktu. A group known as BioTruck modded a 1989 Ford Iveco Cargo to run entirely by biodiesel made from chocolate — […]
You might have though making your own electric car would be an expensive project. However, with a little ingenuity and a LOT of luck, you can make a fairly inexpensive, street legal, electric car. Of course this car involved several “donated” items, like the batteries, but it seems like this can be done for a […]
Dissident75 writes in – Neat those [Decotoras] remind me of Jeepneys on Steroids (Jeepneys are a popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II and are well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating). Jeepney – Link.
Pingmag has a great photo set and write up about “Decotora” or decorated trucks – On a dark and rainy night, bright and blinding lights approach a vacant lot, off a Japanese highway – just if Shibuya’s blinking neon signs decided to move themselves past you… However, it’s some proud and lonely trucker halting for […]
A crazy Canadian has hacked his ’91 Cavalier into a “Redneck Rollercoaster.” All I can say is thank goodness for their good healthcare. – [via] Link.
