Confusingly Adorable Lego AT-AT
By Flickr user MacLane, for a recent contest on Lego Star Wars enthusiast-site From Bricks to Bothans.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Make: Live 4/13/11 – Bikes, Basics to Extremes (video)
Make: Live ep06 is all about bikes! Thanks to our guests Nick Normal and William Thomas Porter. Catch up on video and notes from the show here. Want to show us your project? Upload a video or photos and send a link to live@makezine.com. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download Make: Live episode […]
DON’T MISS IT! Make: Live Episode 06: Bikes, Basics to Extremes
Make: Live is broadcasting shortly! Don’t miss guests Nick Normal and William Thomas Porter. Make: Live 06 – Bikes, Basics to Extremes Wednesday April 13th, 9pm ET/6pm PT Watch at makezine.com/live or on UStream Please join us in the UStream chat or mark tweets with #makelive to interact live with the show. Digi-Key giveaway prizes: […]
There’s a New World’s Tallest Lego Tower — For Now
6,000 builders armed with half a million bricks built a Lego tower nine inches higher than a Chilean tower built last fall, topping off at 102 feet, 3 inches. What they don’t tell you is that there’s a metal pole down the middle — visible toward the end of the video — which takes some […]
Now That’s A Knife!
Thanks to our commenters for pointing out that, contrary to my implication in Monday’s bolt-action spud gun post, Jeremy Cook—cool though his project certainly is—is not the first person to build a breech-loading potato cannon. Not by a long shot. (Heh, sorry.)
Sound-Generated Augmented Reality Sculptures
Konstruct is an investigation into Generative Art in an Augmented Reality environment. It is a sound reactive AR experience for the iPhone that allows the user to create a virtual sculpture by speaking, whistling or blowing into the device’s microphone. A variety of 3D shapes, colour palettes and settings can be combined to build an […]
Make: Live is Tonight! Episode 06: Bikes, Basics to Extremes
Make: Live airs tonight! Don’t miss our bikes episode where guests Nick Normal and William Thomas Porter join us with pedal-powered projects. We’ll also be giving away some tools from Digi-Key to one lucky member of the chat. Giveaway prizes: 148 Piece tool set LED flashlight Make: Live 06 – Bikes, Basics to Extremes Wednesday […]