The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
On January 5, 2012, Raul Oaida posted the following update to his blog: “On the 31st of December I launched the Black Sky project payload with two HD cameras. I recovered the rig ~240km awaydownrange (320km on the highway) in excellent condition from a hill in a remote area.” About a month later, he posted the embedded video to YouTube. The entry on his blog from that date kinda says it all: “This was all done by me.”
Pedal metal thunder! It’s Pedal Car Figure 8 Racing, coming to this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area in May.
Want to get around on two wheels with a little more then pedal power? This Russian innovator has a method of using a chainsaw for some extra horsepower. Safety aside, what could go wrong?
Game Developers Choice Awards about to start! Watch it stream on GameSpot.
In the back corner of Expo Hall, you might notice a group of wand-wielding gamers pacing around each other, eager to strike. They’re playing Johann Sebastian Joust, a screen-less game which uses PlayStation Move controllers.
The Outerra engine has found a unique solution to the problem of generating massive, photo-realistic environments: Base them on real data from Earth. All of Earth.
In the spirit of our ongoing alt.GDC coverage, I thought I’d take just a second to talk about what looks, from my humble vantage, to be The Next Big Thing in video games.
