Year: 2010

How-To: BMX camera grip

How-To: BMX camera grip

Learn to convert a common BMX bike grip into a camera handle with this tutorial by fungus amungus: When using a small camera to shoot some video it’s easy to fumble with it as you try and move the camera around. With a solid grip that screws in to the bottom of the camera it’s […]

How-To: Toilet Paper Roll Wreath

This project utilizes a material that is in all of our houses: toilet paper, or – more specifically – the cardboard rolls on which toilet paper comes. We’ve featured a few projects that put a grown-up spin on toilet paper roll crafting, and this is one to join those ranks. Sara of Creative Jewish Mom […]

How-To: Sew a Round Tote

Instructables user kaymcleod has detailed the plans for a very rad round shoulder tote bag: This is my latest and most frivolous sewing project. What use is a round bag, after all? Well, you can put things in it, and if necessary roll it down a hill. I had the idea for this bag months […]

Industrial robot arm catapults flaming bowling balls

Industrial robot arm catapults flaming bowling balls

This is a publicity stunt for a company that makes energy drinks called “Mana” and “Health” packaged to look like WoW or other fantasy-video-game potions. What’s more, we have hit their video of the robot in action before. But I could not resist that fireball photo, and this link has some good technical info about interfacing with the robot, hacking the release mechanism, and framing that awesome night shot using a blinking LED “tracer” bowling ball. Just don’t forget to buy some Mana Energy Potion while you’re there!

Controlling servos via sound

Darrel of Fort Collins, CO, wrote in with his demo of an Android app that controls servos via audio. This is a demo of an android app that directly controls servos via a special audio tone from your android phone. No micro-controller or electronic components of any kind are needed aside from a battery. If […]