The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
I recall turning my folksโ little black and white kitchen TV on and off over and over again, as a child, just so I could watch the screen flash as the tube lost power. This modern project, from photographer Stephan Tillmans, is called Luminant Point Arrays. [via adafruit]
Make: Live ep05 is all about mechanics and motion! Thanks to our guests Lenore Edman, Windell Oskay, and Dustyn Roberts. If you missed a few minutes of the show, catch up on it here! Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download Make: Live episode 05 in its entirety (m4v or Vimeo), or watch clips […]
Probably heavier, too, to be fair. el8id modified this bargain-bin surplus helicopter helmetโwhich came ready-made with speakers and a micโto communicate with a gaming console or a cell phone as a bluetooth headset, and alsoโฆ
Those of you who have been following the progress of Steve Lodefinkโs World Control Panel in our last two Flickr pool roundups (1, 2) will enjoy these videos of the completed panel in action. So, too, will almost everyone else. The uppermost vid has a truly rockinโ soundtrack (which I would be grateful to have someone identify), and the one immediately above features Steveโs son, Harlan, explaining the operation of the panel with all the diabolical enthusiasm one would expect from a promising young superspy. And Steveโs photo set has some great details on the build itself. [via Boing Boing]
Instructable user Bruno created this fun real life Super Mario Bros. coin block, which pops out legal tender when it’s hit from the bottom. A 555 timer controls a servo motor to push the coins out of the top while an MP3 player plays the appropriate sound effect. Luckily for us, Bruno painstakingly detailed the […]
Sean’s posting of this week’s Flickr pool roundup, with the Homemade F-16 Simulator Cockpit, had me tripping off to numerous sites where people take their flight simulators very seriously. Check out this site, Viperpit.org, for some very tweaked out recreational flight simulators. Viperpit.org
Josh wanted to wander the streets of Chicago on his bike while ensuring he was heading in the general direction of his destination. He therefore created the MapBag, a LilyPad Arduino-based “proprioceptive augmentation device.” Here’s how it works: The MapBag contains a small microcontroller, a GPS chipset, and a series of 8 vibration motors sewn […]
