Cantilever Chair

Call me a non-believer but I need to see a video of someone actually sitting on this chair before i trust it. My doubts aside the chair is rumoured to “achieve strength, balance and flexibility though meticulously carved wood strategically spaced on a synthetic elastomer. “ Who am i to argue?

Lets keep things complicated

I am a massive fan of elaborate, over the top, complex mechanisms that achieve small tasks. I love everything from the countless examples of Rube Goldberg machines out there to the imaginative and humorous scribblings of Heath Robinson. This mechanism designed by Rob Higgs is a beautifully elaborate autonomous bottle opener/pouring device. I find it quite hard to imagine how you would begin to build an object like this.

Phosphorescence

Recently i have been experimenting with hacking old printers and in my research i came accross this:

Phosphorescence according to wikipedia allow absorbed radiation to be re-emitted at a lower intensity for up to several hours. It was built from a miniPov and adapted to radiate a phosphorescence panel. The overall effect is pretty creepy and would make for an awesome horror style B movie end credits.

original source: Makezine