A next-gen Segway in the form of a unicycle

Like a stripped-down Segway, Inventist’s new Solowheel is geared for the mobile urbanite. The "self-balancing electric unicycle" operates through gyroscopic technology, which a 1000-watt …

I’m a little late to the party, on this one; wish I’d heard about the 2010 Zombie Safe House Competition before the deadline back in August. There were only four entries, overall, but I think the winning SS Huckleberry, shown above, would’ve been ha…

Check out this amazing 18′ canoe made from a single sheet of plywood. Resembling a South American “pipante” dugout canoe, Finnish boat builder Hannu Vartiala designed and built his craft, “dug”, in an attempt to correct balancing issues he had with…

Image: The Transport Politic. See link for full-size image.

As we’ve been discussing over the last few days, the fallout of the 2010 midterm elections is likely to bring a slew of mostly-negative consequences for climate, clean energy, and green. I o…

When I used to have a car in Manhattan I considered myself an expert at navigating the traffic sprawl, as I knew the city like the back of my hand and could usually work my little five-speed VW to the front of any pack. I’d often joke to my friends t…

Pollymecca the housetruck pulled up in front of MAKE headquarters earlier this week, and she was lovely. Inspired by gypsy caravans and British “living wagons,” maker John Labovitz set out to create a house on wheels complete with a workspace for his…

The high speed rail lines at stake — red has partial funding, gray is proposed. Image via the Transport Politic

As a dreamer of the American high speed rail dream, this news just makes me sad: the Republican candidates running for governor in Ohio, …

In 1933, Buckminster Fuller designed the Dymaxion car, a concept vehicle that could hold 11 passengers and had a fuel efficiency of 30+ miles per gallon. Three prototypes were built, but the only survivor is in the National Automobile Museum in Reno,…

image: Foster + Partners

Buckminster Fuller ‘s 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancey of the Guardian:
“The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time,” says Foster, who worked …

Steven Roberts, the original technomad (and occasional MAKE contributor), is selling his amazing Microship, an amphibian pedal/solar/sail-powered micro-trimaran. Gizmag has posted an article detailing the craft and Steve’s desire to find a new home…