Bike-Mounted Rainbow Graffiti System
[via The Donut Project]
Drones & Vehicles
Bike With Pedal-Powered EL Wire
This summer I realized that you don’t need a driver to run your el wire if you’re putting it on a bike. I hooked a stepper motor up to a transformer from an old cell phone charger and it ramped up the voltage enough to light up my bike in real-time. It even fades on […]
Robo-rainbow
Enchanting on every level – bike mods, great cinematography, and a rainbow at the end. Robo-rainbow by mudlevel [via Adafruit]
The art bikes of Todd Kundla
Check out the groovy art bikes of Todd Kundla–many of which have appeared on Tour de Fat.
CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Bike Patch
In this intermediate soft circuit tutorial, I show you how to make a light-up patch (mine is from http://fffff.at) that can be used on your backpack for fun and bike safety. Get the code and details at http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/craft_video_lilypad_arduino_bi.html
Build a $5 Heli-Rocket from MAKE Volume 25
The cover project from our newest issue of MAKE, Volume 25, is Doug Desrochers’ “$5 Heli-Rocket” (seen above being field tested by intrepid Make: Labs engineering intern Nick Raymond). With a mere $5 worth of materials, including toilet paper tubes, coat hangers, and rubber bands, you can build this high-flying model rocket. Instead of employing […]
Crochet Dress Guards
The rain has finally let up here in Northern California and the first hints of what could be spring are starting to emerge. What better way to celebrate the oncoming season of dresses and fair weather than with some fashionable crocheted bike love from Simeli — a bicycle ornamentation company based in the notoriously cycle-friendly […]