The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
I could not resist this 3D-printed sight gag from Thingiverse user mustachejack, who says it’s been on his bike for two months, so far, without breaking. The model includes an integral tube-clamp to be secured with a bolt or a zip-tie.
Pittsburgh hackerspace HackPGH used leftover helium from their LEAD Balloon project to facilitate another project: the Aerial Ping Pong Drop. They filled biodegradable party balloons and launched origami butterflies and ping pong balls into the atmosphere. What for, you ask? They used Egg-Bots to write a URL on each ball, so that when it was […]
I have a little cousin who is just about to turn one, and these Old MacDonald puppets from Larissa at Just Another Day in Paradise would be an absolutely perfect gift for him. I think the kitty might be my favorite, but the dog is pretty fantastic too! Head on over to the site to […]
Why settle for off-the-shelf when you can have it your way? Turkish modder c_mon built this custom CNC-cut wooden Sega Saturn enclosure complete with 5-inch LCD liberated from a PSOne, extra cooling fans, stereo speakers, and some cool blue EL wire trim. In addition to custom engraved graphics, attention to detail is spent on custom hinges to support the combination CD drive cover/LCD monitor.
Our own Rachel Hobson says: “This fantastic greenhouse made entirely of Lego bricks was just unveiled at the 2011 London Design Festival. Designed by Sebastian Bergne, it is made up of around 100,000 Lego bricks.”
First Lego League team BEBO built this claw game a pre-season project. The joystick has two motors used as rotation sensors, and controls the claw via bluetooth. [Via The NXT Step]
This is an easy and fairly well-known trick, especially since Mark blogged the work of Dominic Wilcox on Boing Boing back in 2004. The methods circulating on the web generally favor the use of an oven to melt the guys together, and while that’s certainly less labor-intensive, it generates a bunch of foul-smelling fumes in your kitchen. The oven method applies indiscriminate heat, which tends…
