How-To: Outdoor Bunting
Add a strand of outdoor bunting to your holiday decor!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Anika Vuurzoon’s Lego Gramophone
Anika‘s clever Mindstorms robot scans colors on the bottom of an LP. Matthias Paul Scholz of the NXT Step Blog helped with the software. [via The NXT Step]
Trotify your Bike, Monty Python Style
Trotify is a coconut-clopping bicycle attachment.
Audio Video Game
Sean McBeth of Philadelphia’s Hive76 hackerspace built this audio-based video game:
Tiny Fairy Doors
Sometimes you need a little magic in your life, and that is what Kate Benbow created when she made this tiny fairy doors appear in her home. I saw this on Design Sponge and was delighted to see a non-functional project that was made for the sole purpose of creating a splendid moment of joy for someone. How lovely and fun.
Weekend Projects – Covert Listening Book
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Covert+Listening+Book/2150/1
Connect an amplified listener with an in-car FM transmitter, and you’ve got a wireless bug. Place the circuit in a hollowed-out book with the microphone concealed by the dust cover, and you’ve got a super-sneaky covert listening device! Tune in via a FM radio receiver set to the correct frequency, and you’ll be able to hear through walls.
Google Glass: Wearable Tech’s Killer App?
Will Google Glass become wearable technology’s killer app?