How-To: Plush Game Controller
The infamous Becky Stern has made another great tutorial video. This time she demonstrates how to make a totally functional plush game controller with Flora and conductive fabric!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Unicorns Just Wanna Have Fun
The Fun Bike Unicorn Club (FBUC), a lively group of bicycle enthusiasts based in Sonoma County, Calif., brought the Death Defying Figure 8 Pedal Car Races to Maker Faire Bay Area in 2012. They threw down a challenge to makers: to hand-build a pedal-powered single seater with no less than four wheels, bring it to […]
Toy Inventor’s Notebook
Gelatin is used in lots of things like food, candy, and pharmaceutical and paintball capsules, but it also has interesting optical properties.
DIY Electronic Birthday Candle
Electrical engineer and tinkerer Michael Ciuffo created this clever DIY Electronic Birthday Candle, which actually goes out when you blow on it, for his girlfriend’s birthday!
BrickPi Controls Mindstorms Bots With a RasPi
Dexter Industries builds Lego Mindstorms add-on sensors and other compatible products, and their latest project — not yet completed — is the BrickPi, which allows the Pi to control up to 3 Mindstorms motors and four sensors (but not the ultrasonic). The board’s firmware is written in Arduino 1.0. If you’re interested in the source, […]
i3detroit’s (Fake) DIY Dentistry Class
Nicely done on the April Fools’ prank, guys! The i3detroit DIY Dentistry event was a big hit, and everyone had a fantastic time- at least until the anesthesia wore off! i3 member Dustin returned from a recent trip to Latvia armed with the knowledge and tools to make this class a jaw-crackin’ success. Dustin began […]
DIY Sumo Wrestler Bowling Pins
This DIY Sumo Wrestler bowling pin set by Sugar and Dots is one of the most unexpected and unique projects I have laid my eyes on! A fun and easy upcycled project that renders a totally weird and fun end result has me giggling even as I type.