I bought "unicorngrill.com" out of a half-assed idea to do something similar. Haven't had time yet, but every time I see something like this, I'm tempted.
I know about halfbakery, I'm thinking more in the abjectly "look how completely fucked all this is" sense. There have to be a lot of awesome stories that are not being told.
http://www.halfbakery.com/
e.g. One legged self balancing bar stool:
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/One-legged_20Bar_20Stool#1455...