I could think of about a hundred ways to make a simpler clock, but this Ball Bearing Clock looks fantastic. Video after the jump. "I though about building a clock with a pendulum activated by the fall of bearing balls. The first thing to design was the engine which was to sustain the pendulum’s oscillation: how to get enough energy from a ball to make this possible? The balls
If you have a big enough back yard, you too could build your own wood roller coaster just like Jeremy Reid has done. Here are some other to have a look at: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Video after the jump. “Style: Out and Back Height: 17 feet First Drop: 20 feet Top Speed: 20 mph Track Length: 444 feet Max Positive G’s: 3.5 Max Negative G’s: -0.2 Material:
It is hard to believe that this trike machine was built in 10 days. “All parts copper plated. Engine hand engraved. Reversed handle bars. Internal throttle and clutch. No downtube with triple top tube. hand made fuel and oil tank combined in one. Hand made seat. Engine fully modified with Screaming Eagle parts. Upcoming Discovery biker build off participant. Built in 10 days!” Via: Brass Goggles, Quelli-della-Mala and The Kneeslider
This robot doesn’t mow the lawn, it doesn’t shoot you a beer, it doesn’t even solve a Rubik’s cube. But what the Jumping Spider Robot can do is shoot FIRE! This robot is guaranteed to keep any nosy neighbors out of your business. 🙂 Video after the jump. “The spider project began with the idea of making a machine that could crawl, after several attempts I found the easiest solution
Seems like a shame to chop up such a nice car… But I guess the rich and famous must have the best of the best, and how else would you and five of your friends get to ride in a Ferrari at the same time? Video after the jump. “To determine the optimum stretch length of the conversion, and to account for a further six passengers whilst retaining minimum deflection
Looks a bit nasty but this is a fantastic demonstration of electronics and computers interacting directly with an animal. Will this put an end to designing tiny drone spy planes? “Scientists with the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of east China’s Shandong University of Science and Technology say they implanted micro electrodes in the brain of a pigeon so they can command it to fly right or left or up
Balancing One-Wheeled Scooter Link “It’s very similar to a snowboard to ride, requiring no user input other than the movement of your body mass. Leaning forwards and backwards controls the velocity and moving your weight from heal to toe controls the turn radius. It’s easy and very intuitive to ride. The main controller is a PIC16F876A running at 20mHz. Pitch angle feedback is provided by an ADXRS300 Rate Gyro and
