There's a howies project that Russell Davies and Matt Jones are working on to produce a machine in the style of the chitty chitty bang bang.

The idea is that it makes postcards of images that have been uploaded to howies flickr page and then transports them to a drop point which will then ring a bell. They’re really enjoying tinkering and working on a project that has no real deadline and in itself is pretty pointless but lots of fun.

Here a video http://vimeo.com/841215 and here the flickr link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbeltjones/2374738454/

For more information about Russell Davies & Matt Jones please visit:
http://www.thedolectures.com/speakers/matt-jones
http://www.thedolectures.com/speakers/russell-davies