Project idea: great stop-action Lego movie
Dan Swearingen | August 24, 2009
It’s also a great tribute to 8-bit video games. Sorry Steven, I think you’re pwned. Awesome. The comment says “1500 hours of moving legobricks and taking photos of them.”
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Project idea: The Tumbler go-kart
Dan Swearingen | August 18, 2009
Project idea: Rubber band machine gun
Dan Swearingen | August 9, 2009
Carissa mentioned that she was thinking of making some sort of rubber band gun next. I found this great video at YouTube blogged about at Japanator.
Project idea: picture painting
Dan Swearingen | August 6, 2009
Dan Dos Santos is an artist of many modern pulp novel covers. Here is a great time-lapse sequence of him painting a book cover. More of his work may be seen here (Russian language website).
Project idea: Puddle Duck Racer sailboats
Dan Swearingen | June 24, 2009
Puddle-Duck Racers (also PDRacers or just PDR) are a class of racing sailboat designed to be easy to build and sail. Because they are required to be less than 8 feet in length and sail powered they do not require registration in California. Official Site for the class Puddle Duck Racer at Wikipedia Free Boat [...]
Project idea: fan-powered skateboard
Dan Swearingen | June 23, 2009
Oh my. This looks dangerous (and fun). A skateboard powered by a 3.7 HP model airplane engine. Propeller Powered Skateboard – Test Day! from Crazy Builders on Vimeo. Another cool project found at the MAKE blog.
Project idea: back yard “yurt” hideaway
Dan Swearingen | June 19, 2009
I knew someone that had a yurt in their back yard where they would go to be “away” from things — telephones, computers, TV, family, etc. I thought this was just a little weird. Maybe it’s just that it is so… overt. After all, I know I need some alone time each week or I [...]
Project idea: things to do with old TVs
Dan Swearingen | June 19, 2009
As you upgrade to digital and HD in your house those old TV sets can make cool projects. We are down to one 13-inch “old” (non-digital) TV set in the house. I also have a Samsung 17-inch LCD monitor that is an old-style analog tuner. As Usual, MAKE Magazine has bunches of projects: Ask MAKE: [...]
Project ideas: cool kind-of steam punk cars and robots
Dan Swearingen | June 17, 2009
Found at MAKE blog: Baron Margo makes all kinds of whimsical metal objects of art. see more at BaronMargo.com
Steampunk USB flash drive
Dan Swearingen | June 10, 2009
An interesting project would be a series of modified USB flash drives like this one made into a Steampunk artifact but there are lots of other things you could make. I found this at ETSY: 16GB Mechanical Memory Key