Reclaimed Plastic Number 5 Fender
A bicycle fender made from a reclaimed plastic number 5 food jar and salvaged coat hanger. Submit YOUR upcycled before-and-after idea to the Project Remake Contest – deadline is TODAY at 11:59PM PST.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
The Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse
Artist Carrin Welch’s Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse were just the first of many, many wonderful things I saw at yesterday’s Austin Mini Maker Faire. Click through to learn more about these eschatological playthings, and stay tuned for more awesome stuff from AMMF 2012!
Blackbird is a Super-Charged Pedal-Powered Super-Cruiser!
A pedal-powered electric recumbent chopper bicycle with flashing lights capable of cruising at 20 mph. Find this project and other alterna-fuel vehicles at Maker Faire Bay Area!
Wee Mouse Tin House Pattern
Mmmcrafts offer a really adorable tiny mouse pattern to whip up a miniature friend for your little tyke.
Self-Transforming Machine Elf is Pleased…
This is a remarkable YouTube video posted by 29-year old Japanese user kenjiishida011, showing a remote-controlled Transformer-type toy that can not only change from car to robot under its own power, but dance out of frame when it’s done.
Intern’s Corner: My Open Source Life Outside of MAKE
For the past two and a half years, I’ve been helping to develop an open source video game called Alien Arena. I’d been playing the game for a long time before this. I’d noticed a few bugs that needed fixing, and features that needed adding. A nice thing about open source development is that you […]
WiFi RC Car Has Camera and Force Feedback
From maker Blair Kelly: “Arduino Wifly Mini is a remotely operated vehicle that communicates over a WiFi network, can be controlled with an XBOX 360 or PS3 controller, or G27 steering wheel, or any other controller that can be manipulated with Processing’s ProControll library.”