Date
Name
Progress
Random
The Physical Jpeg
Progress: Animated
Interactive art installation
30 Jun 2014
Hourglass Mechanical Clock
Progress: Animated
Mechanically measures the moment the sand slide stops.
22 Feb 2016
The Offshore Golf Course
Progress: Concept
The ultimate way to waste $100 million.
1 Jul 2008
The Hydroelectric Calculator
Progress: Concept
Pioneering in renewable energy, I present the latest advancement that will save the planet.
5 Jul 2008
Stirling engine in the cooling system of a car
Progress: Concept
A way of dramatically increasing engine efficiency.
5 Jul 2008
Rowboat Wars
Progress: Concept
Water borne bumper cars.
14 Jul 2008
Shuttle launch from a blimp
Progress: Concept
A way to save fuel?
9 Aug 2008
Junkyard Mech Walker
Progress: Concept
Overkill cure for paranoia.
30 Aug 2008
Nitinol Tent Poles
Progress: Concept
Memory wire self erecting tent.
19 Oct 2008
Portable Personal Private Planetarium
Progress: Concept
The perfect pocket peripheral.
19 Nov 2008
Lenticular Traffic Lights
Progress: Concept
To reduce confusion
12 Jan 2009
Lawn Knitter
Progress: Concept
Making it easier to be green.
4 May 2009
Motherboard Irrigation
Progress: Concept
The lazy man's way to clean a PC.
6 Apr 2009
PeopleWheel
Progress: Concept
Power from people the easy way
1 Apr 2009
Nanoworld Domination
Progress: Concept
Doom and gloom for the nanopixies.
13 May 2009
Single Room Lighting
Progress: Concept
Energy saving without the effort.
20 Mar 2009
Thermochromic House Paint
Progress: Concept
For temperature control.
24 Mar 2009
KiloVolt Toilet
Progress: Concept
For men with awful aim
28 Aug 2009
Frame Lock
Progress: Concept
Bicycle anti-theft design
20 Apr 2010
Moore's Pocket Calculator
Progress: Concept
Celebrate technological advancements with your own calculator collection
26 May 2010
Intravenous Coffee Alarm
Progress: Concept
A refreshing way to wake up.
18 Feb 2010
Executive Document Fastener
Progress: Concept
Staples are so plebeian.
20 Nov 2010
Hoover MP3 Player
Progress: Concept
Practicality and style
5 Feb 2011
Water Elevator
Progress: Concept
Redefining luxury.
17 Feb 2011
Tiltrotor Autogyro Quadcopter Hybrid
Progress: Concept
A new kind of aircraft.
17 Feb 2011
Wifi Shredder
Progress: Concept
To be left inconspicuously around the office
23 May 2013
Inductive Automatic Watch Winder
Progress: Concept
Wirelessly wind an automatic watch.
25 Apr 2013
Velodrome in the Sky
Progress: Concept
Pedal power a plane
25 Jun 2013
Exercise Mower
Progress: Concept
For those proclived to exercising and mowing.
11 Aug 2013
A Self Pumping Fountain
Progress: Concept
Of purely mechanical means.
28 Sep 2011
Sophisticated Sundial
Progress: Concept
Accuracy, clarity, and maybe mobility
2 Feb 2012
Self-heating Zipper
Progress: Concept
Fed up with your sleeping bag's cold metal zip as you get in? The solution is here...
3 Jan 2014
Monster Induction Metal-breathing Jet Engine Ion Drive
Progress: Concept
Proper Spaceship Propulsion
16 Oct 2013
Old Timey Self-Checkout
Progress: Concept
A moment of calm amidst the incessant ramming of targeted advertisements into our brains.
22 Apr 2013
Mirror Blinds
Progress: Concept
Cheap, manual solar thermostat
9 Jun 2009
Solid Fuel Lighter
Progress: Concept
Candle and flint in a zippo-style case
6 Jan 2010
Time Travelling Computer
Progress: Concept
Not as useless as you'd think.
14 Jun 2012
Let Water Flow Uphill
Progress: Concept
An exciting experiment in hypothetical hydrodynamics
25 Jan 2014
Pencil Lathe
Progress: Concept
Miniature machine exclusively for sharpening stationery.
1 Feb 2014
Russian Roulette on the Putting Green
Progress: Concept
Putt putt putt putt BANG
9 Feb 2014
Emergency Autorotating Escape Hat
Progress: Concept
Positively Ludicrous, Inspired by Nature
15 Feb 2014
Bernoulli's Barbecue Tongs
Progress: Concept
Bafflement and Bodgery Begone!
18 Feb 2014
Steam Calculator
Progress: Concept
Digital!
22 Feb 2014
South Facing Ear Trumpet
Progress: Concept
South Facing Ear Trumpet Hat
23 Feb 2014
The Megalomaniac's Melodica
Progress: Concept
Dynamics!
26 Feb 2014
Resonance Time
Progress: Concept
Hear the Hour at Night
25 Mar 2014
Whisk Sharpening Kit
Progress: Concept
New, from the Acme Utensil-Conversion Equipment Co.
29 Mar 2014
Engine Chorus
Progress: Concept
Growling duality.
7 May 2014
Mortar Conveyance Tubes
Progress: Concept
"Pneumatic" delivery system.
26 May 2014
Dambusters Play Set
Progress: Concept
Re-enact the bouncing-bomb raids in miniature
23 Jun 2014
Joule's Kettle
Progress: Concept
Splash.
29 Jun 2014
Total Balance
Progress: Concept
Full Solid Angle WB Meter
24 Aug 2014
Decent Electric Hob
Progress: Concept
A simple addition that would make the bloody things usable.
11 Oct 2014
Clockwork Battery
Progress: Concept
Retro Device Retrofit
27 Apr 2015
Tube Amp Camera
Progress: Concept
Non-linear.
1 May 2015
Inert Gas Kitchen Tap
Progress: Concept
Argon/CO2 mix from a flexible hose, located somewhere between the stove and the fridge.
14 Apr 2015
Giant Loppers
Progress: Concept
For hardcore lopping.
19 Jul 2015
Electrostatic Boots
Progress: Concept
High Voltage Footwear
10 Sep 2015
Louvre Timer
Progress: Concept
Colour-changing kitchen timer
5 Oct 2015
Biometric Toaster
Progress: Concept
Advanced toaster with fingerprint scanner.
6 Oct 2015
Solid Fuel Lighter II
Progress: Concept
Semiautomatic
23 Sep 2015
Wind-up Boots
Progress: Concept
Toasty toes
18 Oct 2015
Barometric Toaster
Progress: Concept
Hyperbaric Toasting Apparatus
16 Nov 2015
Mitre Saw Nut Cracker
Progress: Concept
For kernel extraction.
25 Nov 2015
Slinky Roomba
Progress: Concept
To boldly go where no roomba has gone before.
28 Oct 2015
Steampunk Mug
Progress: Concept
But not a pillock with gears on his hat.
25 Oct 2015
Shoe Horn
Progress: Concept
Foot-Mounted Stethoscope
23 Jan 2016
Flying Car
Progress: Concept
"It is not the car that flies, it is only yourself" ~ bald kid from the matrix.
23 Jan 2016
Geocentric Orrery Sundial Watch
Progress: Concept
It's always useful to keep a tiny orrery in your pocket.
23 Jan 2016
Pothole Fingerprints
Progress: Concept
GPS based on road texture
8 Jan 2017
Bowtie Headphones
Progress: Concept
Triangulastic
11 Sep 2017
Homing Hubcaps
Progress: Concept
Method for mitigating missing wheel rims
7 Nov 2017
Personal Globus
Progress: Concept
Model Earth
27 Feb 2018
One-Way Glass
Progress: Concept
Things can be seen through it one way, but not the other.
16 May 2018
Ramset Bikelock
Progress: Concept
I think this might be my best bike-lock idea yet.
23 Jun 2018
Autotune Slide Whistle
Progress: Concept
Finally, the war on tonality has ended
28 Sep 2018
Automatic Thermostatic Imbiber
Progress: Concept
A drinking straw. May be difficult to clean.
27 Jan 2019
Hot Server
Progress: Concept
Computers, that are hot, on purpose
31 Jan 2019
Van der Bed
Progress: Concept
An Electrostatic Night's Sleep
31 Jan 2019
Heatshrink Socks
Progress: Concept
Sock Woes Begone
31 Jan 2019
Double Helix Fountain
Progress: Concept
Moist
31 Jan 2019
Socks Machine
Progress: Concept
It's a Socks Machine
31 Jan 2019
Bubblewrap Popping Assistance Tool
Progress: Concept
Tool for assistance in the popping of bubblewrap
16 May 2019
Intracardiac Adrenaline Injection Alarm Clock
Progress: Concept
For those who really, really struggle to get out of bed
16 May 2019
Swiss Roll Nuclear Reactor
Progress: Concept
Yummy
2 Sep 2019
Clockwork Etch-a-Sketch
Progress: Concept
Mechanical drawing toy
8 Feb 2020
Geiger Chimes
Progress: Concept
A radioactive jingle
11 Feb 2020
Entanglograph
Progress: Concept
Entangled graphs, oh!
5 Mar 2020
Human-readable 2D Barcode
Progress: Concept
QR-code-like symbol, readable by both humans and machines
20 Mar 2020
Joule's Domestic Hot Water Supply
Progress: Concept
Spiritual successor to Joule's Kettle
29 Apr 2020
Alpha Pendant
Progress: Concept
An eternal heartbeat
6 Jul 2020
Shamir's Password Store
Progress: Concept
Distributed password manager
20 Mar 2021
Many Wings Make Flight Work
Progress: Concept
Flock of mechanical birds
2 Oct 2021
Lest Lint be Lost
Progress: Concept
Another episode of Laundry Zen
18 Feb 2022
Thor's Piano
Progress: Concept
For electrifying music
11 Aug 2022
Digital Hit Camera
Progress: Concept
Dreams of a tiny toy
11 Feb 2023
Endless Hourglass
Progress: Concept
A timeless illusion
13 Feb 2023
Ethereal Ball of String
Progress: Concept
Another entanglement
20 Jun 2023
Analemmagraph
Progress: Concept
Video of a day, one year in every frame
26 Sep 2023
Hand-cranked Flux Capacitor
Progress: Concept
Control the flow of time
19 Dec 2023
Simsim Pendant
Progress: Concept
Mercurial Medallion
5 Mar 2024
Talking Tines
Progress: Concept
Tuning forks that talk
29 Jun 2024
Variocentric Orrery
Progress: Demo
'Jeeves, set my orrery to the Tychonic system, post-haste!'
30 Dec 2014
Polar Coordinate Etch-a-Sketch
Progress: Demo
Escape the Cartesian system!
19 Nov 2015
AsciiCam
Progress: Demo
Terminal Vision
1 Nov 2017
Penrose Pixels
Progress: Demo
Aperiodic arrangement of image elements
28 May 2018
The Mountain Railway Morning Brew
Progress: Design Stages
Finally, an excuse to permanently lay model railway track all through my house.
5 Jul 2008
Shearing pin tumbler lock
Progress: Design Stages
Segmented pins provide added annoyance for lock pickers.
11 Jun 2009
Electric Accordion
Progress: Design Stages
Folding instrument, scissors style
19 Mar 2021
Custard Die
Progress: Design Stages
Settable loaded dice
3 Feb 2022
Jack Sparrow's Compass
Progress: Design Stages
To show me where the crow flies.
19 Aug 2022
Viola Bridge Transducer
Progress: Experimenting
New sounds resonating your way soon.
16 Jun 2012
Pot Luck
Progress: Half Baked.
Who needs Pot Noodle, when you can have Pot Luck? Just add water.
29 Oct 2008
Thought experiment: the light-second rod.
Progress: Solved
Questioning our perception of movement.
5 Jul 2008
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