Mindstorms Blimp Drone
This blimp uses two 55″ helium balloons, Dexter Industries NXTBee wireless modules, a servo, and two DC motors. One of the creators, Tyler Westmoreland, shared the RobotC code. [via Dexter Industries]
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
How-To: Valentine’s Day Dominos
Make your own sweet heart-themed activity with this Valentine’s Day domino game project!
How-To: Super Bowl Glowing Helmets
Are you excited about the Super Bowl? Light up game day with some awesome glowing Super Bowl helmets!
Using Lego Mindstorms Sensors With a Raspberry Pi
Dexter Industries has been playing around with the RPi lately, and hooked up a Mindstorms-compatible accelerometer/gyroscope to a RPi running Raspbian. They have a full tutorial showing how they did it.
Lovely Lego Ball Clock
Jason Allemann, who created these Lego mazes last year, built this beautiful and elegant Lego ball clock. The video shows how the rail system works with one ball being hauled up the chain every minute, then tipping the balance once enough balls have accumulated. [via Brothers Brick]
Made On Earth — Gods of Thunder
Innovative engineering is often an iterative process of refinement and testing. For Nelson Pass, this means constructing ever-huger sound systems, and then field-testing them by throwing ever-louder parties.
Personalized Pez Dispenser Heads
Toronto’s 3D-printed jewelry company Hot Pop Factory received a client request to come up with a fun 3D-printed holiday gift for each of their employees, and I think they knocked it out of the ballpark with what they came up with: 3D scanned and printed Pez dispenser head toppers!