The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Matthew writes – “There are a lot of LEGO Mindstorms robots out there, but I finally found the best. Nic_1 is a Johnny V impersonator that detects the direction of sound and follows it. Detection is accomplished by calculating the cross-correlation of two audio signals from the binaural sensor. The data is used to estimate […]
Reminder: MAKE will be at the The Happening: Mixed-Reality Party in DC on Saturday and also in Second Life so you can attend virtually and for free on Mac, Win and Linux… – pictured, what I have to fit in my alloted carry on baggage. Details about the event here – Link.
This looks like the start of an excellent project – using a Gumstix robostix and WiFi CF card the Maker controlled a RC helicopter with a PSP, but then it all crashed, so hopefully the project will start up again soon. [via] Link.
You can make your own version of Bing Bang Bong using stretched out balloons and peanuts cans. The goal is to have the ball bearing bounce to as many trampolines as possible [via] Link.
Here’s a Flickr photo set from LinuxMatt on making your own LEGO based iPod dock. I think the next step would be to use the Mindstorms to control the iPod. [via] Link.
Forget the PSP, here’s a video of a homemade, handheld portable Playstation 2! [via] Link.
Take 3D drawings and data (WoW, Second Life, etc..) and plop them inside Google Earth – “Maya2GoogleEarth is an open-source, cross-platform tool developed at Eyebeam for exporting 3D models from Maya into Google Earth. Once installed, it allows you to export 3D models from within your scene as a single Google Earth Placemark (KML) file. […]
