Galaga quilt!
Galaga quilt! – [via] Link & Etsy store.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Tengu keeps you company, sings your tracks
Tengu is a simple USB peripheral that illuminates and lip-syncs to your favorite tunes or any other sound in the local vicinity. If there’s no sound, he’ll fall asleep and wake up again when things get noisy. Pretty nice companion for those lonely nights in front of your laptop. I guess the next step would […]
HOW TO – Make a dial-gauge bicycle wheel building stand for $100
Chuck writes – This article describes how to assemble an inexpensive, but very accurate, wheel building stand for bicycles. The stand uses a dial gauge indicator that is accurate to 1/1000th of an inch, but the complete stand can be finished for about $100. The low price is achieved by using inexpensive options for the […]
A free view of the world — OpenAerialMap
David writes – I thought you guys might be interested in putting up some balloons or kites and adding some open-source aerial data. You may also want to have a look at openstreetmap.org (which can overlay the aerial images) which is going to have full (10-year old) open-source/public-domain mapping coverage of the US sometime next […]
MAME oscilloscope
Moose2000 made a MAME oscilloscope! MAME + sound card + oscilloscope = star wars arcade game – [via] Link.
Amazing junk fliers on BBtv
On today’s episode of BBtv, Xeni interviews Carl Rankin, a model plane builder who creates impressive R/C planes out of take-out food cartons, drinking straws, sewing thread, Reynold’s wrap, and tape (among other things). There’s also a fun video that uses Wonder Bread like clay to create “dough-mation.” BBtv: Flying Puppets / Wonder Bread – […]
Wiimote-styled storage cabinet
Lovely Wii storage cabinet spotted on Wii Fanboy. DIY: Big Wiimote cabinet – Link