As I explained to AutumnLotus in this post, I have always wanted a tail. And I thought I was all alone until I found out these instructions on how to build an animatronic tail that wags. Also check out video and Tiger Tail How-To. Awesome. picked by MissWinkle 1 year ago

I'm Thomas Thwaites and I'm trying to build a toaster, from scratch - beginning by mining the raw materials and ending with a product that Argos sells for only £3.99. A toaster. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Indonesia plans to build the world's longest suspension bridge across the earthquake-prone Sunda Strait, passing within 50 kilometres of the active Krakatoa volcano. The bridge, traversing 30 kilometres, will link Indonesia's main islands of Java and Sumatra at an estimated cost of $12 billion. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Cambodia and Vietnam are going to build a $100 million golf course straddling their border in a region heavily bombed by U.S. forces in their anti-communist war in the 1960s and 70s. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Chivelstone Parish is shelling out about $200 to build a throne for visitors to stand on to get a cell phone signal in England's East Prawle Village. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Engineering students at Ohio's Cedarville University have built a car that gets 2,000 mpg, but you wouldn't want to drive it. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"It's just a video game!" I hear you say. Well, sure, it is. And "Star Trek" was just a television show, too. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Nothing beats getting out of the glass and brick and metal of the city for a weekend away at a friend’s wooden cottage in the woods. You always leave refreshed with a feeling of “I’d love to own a chalet of my own someday.” Well building your own log cabin has never been easier. With the help of this guide, all you’ll need is the land, $50,000 bucks, and of course, ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Following in the footsteps of the Tinysaur, the Woolly Tiny is a miniature woolly mammoth skeleton. Completed, he stands about 3/4 an inch tall and an inch long. He's seen here storming my laptop, trying to get to the freezer. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Build small 3D scenes and buildings using this isometric constructor. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

you need : bamboo, epoxy and hemp fibers on all the joints, some bicycle parts, and to be smart picked by wildminou 2 years ago

last year whilst reading a forum i came across a comment about a suspension bridge under construction in china. the comment, made by someone living in china, mentioned that this bridge, when completed, would be the tallest in the world by some way and smash the record for highest deck-to-ground distance held by the royal gorge bridge in colorado (1'053ft). picked by allsux 9 months ago

In the future, babies with heart defects may receive new heart valves created from cells in the blood from their umbilical cords, saved at birth. These valves could grow and change shape as a child develops, avoiding the need for repeat surgeries to replace outgrown valves from animal or human donor tissue or artificial valves. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The so called "Swarm-bot" can assemble itself out of many smaller modules to suit a variety of tasks. The more modules it uses, the more versatile (and smarter?) it gets. picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

It took him eight months to build the truck in his one-car garage. He used Ford axles, a Chevrolet bed, an Oldsmobile engine and the frame from a 1949 International. picked by proverb 2 months ago

Perhaps we should thank rapid-assembly asteroids for spawning the planets. New simulations suggest that dense swarms of boulders collapsed under their own gravity to make the building blocks of our solar system. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Info and specs on all Batmobile versions (and the Tumbler). Includes extensive pictures of members who are already building full 1989 batmobile replicas. 1966 version specs here.

Inspired to post by suebe's Batmobile auction post. picked by beckinacea 2 years ago

So you’ve erected the enormous towers on each side of the deep valley, deeper than any valley previously bridged. How do you get a pilot cable from one tower to the next? The brains behind the Siduhe bridge attached the 3200ft cables to rockets and accurately fired them over the valley, becoming the first people to do so. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Students from OSU's Radiation Physics Laboratory built and successfully launched a cosmic radiation detector this summer that, carried by a helium-filled balloon, reached 104,000 feet in altitude. The detector recorded radiation levels at the varying altitudes -- information that will be used by NASA to develop instrumentation for space flight. picked by Dork 1 year ago

CSIRO scientists in Victoria are aiming to be the first in the world to develop a genetically modified chicken immune to the killer bird flu. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago