Ah, the great outdoors. Nothing says summer like heading out in your canoe. Especially if said canoe has been modified with a small electric motor that’s controllable via a Wiimote. That’s right, nerds: now you can use your mad Wii skills to help you avoid the horrible exertion that comes from paddling. Unfortunately, it’s just a steering mechanism. What would really be something would be if you had to “paddle” with the Wiimote while steering with the Nunchuk. If you’re going to do something this ridiculous, you might as well go all out. [Wiimote Controlled Canoe via Make]
Shuhei Ogawara spent two years of his life collecting 7,382 wood disposable chopsticks from his office cafeteria, glued them together in three months, and applied a polyester coat to build this 4-metre long, 29-kilo canoe. He still doesn’t know if it’s going to float or not, however, but I think it’s cool enough as it is. Next, Mr. Shuhei is expected to build a 1:1 72,800-tonne replica of the battleship Yamato, complete with four 19.7-foot propellers and nine 18.1-inch cannons, all made from gluing about 15.2 million soy sauce containers, 26.3 million empty bento boxes, and an undetermined amount of old mochi for coating. [Pink Tentacle]
