The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
MAKE blog regular Guy Himber built this orrery for an online Lego competition… so sweet. I always wanted to build something like this ever since I saw a giant fantasy orrery in the movie Dark Crystal. As it has been on my builder’s ‘wish list’ for a while I figured the Iron Builder Competition was […]
An honors mechanical engineering project from a group of thirteen at Australia’s University of Adelaide. Rich technical detail available at the project’s webpage.
Copenhagen Suborbitals is a suborbital space endeavor, based entirely on private donors, sponsors and part time specialists. Our mission is to launch human beings into space on privately built rockets and spacecrafts. The project is both open source and non-profit in order to inspire as many people as possible, and to involve relevant partners and […]
AFOL Marshall Banana built this extremely impressive and faithful Jawa sandcrawler Facts: Minifigscale: 96 cm long, 100.5 cm long (lowered main ramp) Weight: approximability 20kg Part count: over 10’000 Powerfunctions: 4 xl motors, 5 m motors, 4 receivers, 4 batterypacks, 22 Lego LED-lights Powered radio-controlled Functions: – driving: forward reverse – stearing – main ramp: […]
Robert Hodgin’s RC copter looks pretty sweet on a long exposure. RC Light Painting
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE: Prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work… As a prisoner at the Jixi labour camp, Liu Dali would slog through tough days breaking rocks and digging trenches in the open cast coalmines of north-east China. By night, he would slay demons, battle goblins and cast spells. Liu says he was one of […]
These wooden automatons from Japanese artist, Kazu Harada, are incredibly charming. The egg-laying duck is particularly awesome, mixing hilarity with amazing craftsmanship. Be sure to watch all of the automatons in action. [via Ladies and Gentleman]
