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April 13, 2006
Firefly Squid light
Pink Tentacle has a story about a living light national monument - "Toyama Bay is the habitat of the world-famous glowing firefly squid, which surface in large numbers every spring in a phenomenon that has been designated a special natural monument. Peak season for the firefly squid means big business for sightseeing boats that provide a close-up view of the magical catches." [via] - Link.
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Apr 13, 2006 12:41 PM
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12 - 30-inch flatscreens mount
Clay writes - "When friend of QJ.NET "Crazy Jon" called us up and told us about a project he was working on, we didn't believe it at first. But when we got to his house, sure enough -- twelve 30-inch Dell flatscreen monitors are sitting in his office, and he's grinning from ear to ear. Also among the pile of goodies are six NVidia GeForce 7900 GTX 512mb video cards, and three Turbo-Cool 1KW 1000-watt power supplies. Soon the QJ.NET crew was busy unboxing and tackling the project of mounting these bad boys." - Link.
Related note, 5 - 32" Mac monitors too!?
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Apr 13, 2006 07:13 AM
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April 12, 2006
Incredible Machines (video)
There are a ton of new videos from Japan on Google video of Rube Goldberg-like machines - [via] - Link.
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Apr 12, 2006 03:53 PM
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April 10, 2006
3D video game
Neat - this looks like a lot of fun, a video game is projected on to a 3D structure / sculpture and you move the little character around the surfaces.
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Update: Added video.
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Apr 10, 2006 11:50 AM
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Wheelchair can't keep couple from cycling
Jerry writes - "Great article about a maker who invented a tandem bicycle-wheelchair, so he could wheel with his partner! Amazing story!" - Link.
Pictured here, A WHEEL-CYCLE BUILT FOR TWO: Judy Norbury and Ross Hunt enjoy a spin in their recumbent bicycle-wheelchair cross that lets Ross pull Judy around with pedal or electric power by Peter Battistoni, Vancouver Sun.
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Apr 10, 2006 03:03 AM
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April 8, 2006
Ramen cooking Rube Goldberg-like video
This video is of a crazy contraption, made to do one thing, after it does many things - cook ramen.
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Apr 8, 2006 03:57 PM
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April 7, 2006
Homemade Star Wars Landspeeder you can drive
Wow, this auction started and ended before I could even post it, and I see why - "This running replica of the Star Wars Landspeeder was built by a professional movie and concept car builder. It is based on a 1988 Ford Escort donor. This was actually licensed in California and I has driven it on the Hollywood Freeway to Hollywood Boulevard (Chinese Theater) for a photo op. From a log book side of things you would get it registered as an Escort left hand drive import with body kit! The radiator has been redone and the tranny and other drive parts checked and work very well!
For a realistic look, it has not been done in a "factory fresh" style but made to reflect the idea that it has been in the desert and in use for decades. Right now there is some touch-up painting needed but otherwise it looks good. If you are into it, you can redo the interior dash to a better Landspeeder look and that should not take a lot of work if you do it yourself. " [via] - Link.
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Apr 7, 2006 11:20 PM
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(Another) Human powered Ferris Wheel
Wuntu writes - "Here's a photo of a human powered ferris wheel from the annual Marlboro, Vermont town fair." - Link.
Previous: Kid powered ferris wheel - Link.
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Apr 7, 2006 07:50 PM
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Kid powered ferris wheel
The Washington Post has a "Day in photos" feature that is usually stunning and surreal - like this one from Adif Hassan, a homemade ferris wheel in a trash heap in Pakistan - [via / via] - Link.
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Apr 7, 2006 03:50 PM
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Paper Pixels
Aram Bartholl's Paper Pixels - "Paper Pixels is a 30 inch, 8 x 8 pixel, manually controlled screen. Each of the 64 pixels is illuminated steadily by a light bulb. Apart from the light bulbs, no further electronic parts are used. The display is controlled by a long paper strip - the data medium - into which have been punched holes arranged along 64 rows or "tracks". As the strip is pulled by hand between the light sources and the pixels, these holes control each of the pixels individually." [via] - Link.
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Apr 7, 2006 02:40 AM
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April 6, 2006
The Wooden Breakfast Platter PC
Aram Bartholl's breakfast PC - "The Wooden Breakfast Platter for Freerk, made as a gift for a good friend, is a wooden plank into which a PC Mainboard has been built. The 133 Mhz processor remains visible over a hole in the rustic wooden platter. This serves as hot plate for a coffee cup that can be placed directly on the processsor. The functioning mainboard is powered by an external power unit and the system can be booted from an external disk drive." - Link.
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Apr 6, 2006 02:28 AM
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April 5, 2006
Propellor bicycle
Today we had a bit about monowheels, so here's another type of cycle, a propellor bicycle that's not quite working yet, but that's ok, it's the propellor-bicycle thought that counts - photos & video.
Related:
Flying Bikes... - Link.
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Apr 5, 2006 07:32 PM
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Micro-paintings on human hair
Artist Jin Yin Hua as more insanely tiny paintings on human hairs up - here is one as viewed through a microscope [via] - Link. & presidential portrait gallery.
Previous:
Panda painted on a single hair - Link.
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Apr 5, 2006 02:53 PM
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The history of Monowheels
Douglas writes - "A monowheel (or motorwheel) is one big wheel with rider and engine (if any) INSIDE its circumference. It is not to be confused with a unicycle, which has the rider above the wheel. You'll see what I mean. (Sometimes the word "motorwheel" refers to just a wheel with an engine built into it, as opposed to having a separate motor that turns the wheel via an axle. Two wheels one after the other is just a motorcycle- unless what they support is actually a complete car, with gyroscope stabilisation to stop it falling over. I put this page together purely as the result of a coincidence. I happened to see the two b/w photographs below on the same day (in widely differing circumstances) and I thought that this must be one of the most neglected modes of transport ever. That this neglect is wholly justified is neither here nor there. " [via] - Link.
Pictured above, possibly the first monowheel.
Also on that page, our Kerry McLean from our book Makers. A 225-horsepower gasoline-powered monowheel - "You may be hauling ass, but you feel like you're floating," says McLean. The metal fabricator and machinist built his first monowheel in 1970 and has been obsessively perfecting the design ever since. "I don't feel like anyone has seen it through," he says. "You hear words like 'trial and error.' That's just some hillbilly stuff. Broomsticks and baling wire. I'm doing R&D." Link.
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Apr 5, 2006 08:53 AM
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House of Beer Cans
I didn't know there was an online store devoted to beer cans, but there is, and they also have a tour of the second biggest collection of cans - " The building and displays were constructed between 1998 and 2001 with the help of Jeff's father Fred, friends and other family members. The collection, which numbers in excess of 50,000 different cans, is the second largest of it's kind in the world." [via] - Link.
Related:
- Beer can rings - Link.
- Beer Can & Photo Bracelets - Link.
- HOW TO make a Beer Can Padlock Shim - Link.
- Pabst Blue Ribbon Condenser Mic Microphone - Link.
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Apr 5, 2006 04:26 AM
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April 4, 2006
Robot sculptures made from scrap parts
Ann Smith makes these great little robo-sculptures from scrap parts and random electronic parts - [via] - Link.
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Apr 4, 2006 06:38 PM
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Homemade Fighter cockpit simulator
Christian writes - "Johan Nauwelaertz from Sweden is building his own Jetfighter Cockpit Simulator in his garage. It uses 4 networked PCs, large projection screen and an original cockpit from AJ37 Viggen, a swedish attack fighter. The picture in this swedish article shows his latest setup." - Link.
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Apr 4, 2006 09:27 AM
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April 2, 2006
Guitars from old motorcycle parts
Courtney writes - "Charlie O'hanolan is the Bay Area's leading expert on pre-1980 Honda motorcycles. This is not to be confused with O'hanolin Motorcycles, which was sold to a third party by Charlie's evil twin brother. Charlie hand-crafts guitars from old motorcycle parts." - Link.
Related:
Made on Earth. Gas tank bass instrument. MAKE 03 - Page 16.
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Apr 2, 2006 07:20 PM
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March 31, 2006
Zorbing - human-sized hamster ball
Ok, who wants to help bring Zorbing to the USA? This looks awesome - "Zorbing - effectively throwing yourself down a slope in a giant ball - has become the latest extreme sport craze to sweep the world." [via] - Link.
Pictured here, people inside zorbs, zorbing down the hill in Rotorua.
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Mar 31, 2006 10:04 PM
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Human Catapult
I don't know anything more about this than it looks like someone made a human catapult. After launch the projectile-sapien springs a parachute and glides to safety. I bet this was in Australia - [via] - Link.
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Mar 31, 2006 03:36 AM
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