The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Really well-done basic introduction to how a Wiimote and Wii sensor bar can be used to create a head tracking system for VR worlds and games. Pretty impressive. Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote – Link
Here’s an interesting take on urban gaming. “Metro-Wardrive” is an adaptive game that changes its level information according to the environment of the player in an urban center. All local SSIDs are turned into enemies which try to capture your “wardrive-cristal”. Really cool idea for a portable game that will never give you the same […]
How to adapt existing batteries you may have to battery sizes you need. Instant Battery Adaptors – AA -> D , C -> D with rechargables NiMH and LiPo – Link
In the spirit of the season… oh wait, it’s PEACE on Earth, not Peacekeepers… Anyhoo, here is Hacked Gadgets’ list of the best USB-based missile launcher projects out there. “The missiles are flying. Hallelujah, Hallelujah!” Top 5 Hacked Missile Launchers – Link
Frank writes – I connected a Wii Nunchuck controller to an Arduino, which takes the data from the controller’s I2C data bus, decodes it, and send the data to the robot with a radio transmitter. Charlie uses a radio receiver to get the data, and it will control the drive servo system and the pan […]
Here’s a fascinating project over at SparkFun where they took one of the Munny “DIY” vinyl toys and embedded a Logomatic datalogger (with its LPC2138 MCU), a Nokia screen clone, and an accelerometer inside. The idea is to use the device as a sort of 21st century Magic 8-Ball, dubbed the Sinister 7. Pete, the […]
MAKE: Blog pal, and author of Robodance, Robert Oschler, is in the process of updating this free Robosapien control program so that it can also work with the new Tomy i-Sobot, using the IR connection on the robot and the Nintendo Wii remote controller (Wiimote). This video offers a sneak peak of Robodance 4’s capabilities. […]
