Ah, a dream I’ve had for years… Remote controlled steam powered machines toy. They still use a battery to power the electronics (no generator on board) but it’s quite amazing to see the steam tank clamber over a block of wood.
Author: John
A USB Woody
Everytime I see somthing like this I realize that I’m in the wrong business…
Matchbox Pinhole Camera
This proves that you don’t need fancy equipment to build a camera. An empty roll of film, a matchbox, some electrical tape and a bit of foil is all you need to make this clever little gem. One of the coolest things is that because the format is 24mm x 24mm he gets 50 shots on a roll of 36. He also uses a plastic bit from a binder stuck through the sprocket holes to ‘click’ when the film is advanced. Every six clicks equals one frame. Perfect. I’m going to have to build one of these, maybe while I’m on my next trip.
[via robot action boy]
Spinning Fork of Death
This is kind of cool. I think. What’s the worse thing that could happen if you have an accident while your using this? You jam a round sharp blade into your face. I think I’ll pass, anyway what part of the silverware drawer would this fit into?
Personal Kaleidoscope
Here is a nice way to pass the time if you can do it. It will auto generate a kaleidoscope image from various shapes and self animating bits of graphics that you paint on the ‘radar’ screen.
SuitSat-1 Goes Off The Air
Well, it was released but only lasted a few orbits. Pretty cool idea though, using an old unserviceable space suit and some Ham gear as an impromptu satellite. I love the way it was hand lunched from ISS. As it was released, Cosmonaut Tokorev proclaimed, "Dosvidanya! Good-bye, Mr Smith!". Hopefully they will try something like this again. Wouldn’t it be interesting if the transmission failed because the batteries became too cold for them to sustain a usable output voltage? Who knows, if the suit heats up from sunlight it might squeak out a few more bits of data until it eventually re-enters and burns up.