The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
engineerzero was kind enough to give a guided tour of a ginormous Arduino Uno to a handful of faceless Google SketchUp denizens recently. Highlights of the tour included a short stroll down Power Street to Analog Alley, where many different kinds of sensors can be connected. The group also had the incredible opportunity to see […]
Flickr user Alex Eylar made this amazing LEGO replica of a Ghostbusters ghost trap. If you’re not familiar with this this piece of equipment, the site Ghostbusters Fans has a primer for you. No word yet if Alex plans on making a matching Ecto Containment Unit. [via Gizmodo] More: Ghostbusters proton pack with friggin’ lasers […]
Our friend Riley Porter, of Synthetos and TinyG fame, has posted a wonderful little project on Make: Arduino and Make: Projects. It uses an old mouse pad and a piezo sensor to create a drum pad input device. He’s even coded up the beginnings of a little game in Processing that counts your beats and […]
New PS3 firmware hacked within hours… Hackers have already moved to crack open new PS3 firmware that’s not even been out for a day. Sony released a new firmware update (version 3.56) last night that it said “adds a security patch” to the console – the firm’s first move to shut out hackers since the […]
Master puzzle maker Oskar van Deventer has created the monster truck of rubiks cubes. With 289 squares to a face, this behemoth should keep the speed cubing folks busy for a while.
With the Solar TV Remote project from MAKE Volume 25, you’ll never have to replace your remote control’s batteries again. Instead, just leave it in the sun to charge up! This project is fairly easy and you may already have most of the tools and supplies you’ll need. It might also make you feel slightly […]
Temporary Restraining Order Issued in Sony vs. Geohot via Engadget. This means three things 1) The GetHot team cannot link to, distribute or really do anything with the jailbreak code while the case continues. And 2) Sony wants all the computers and tools used to hack the PS3. And 3) All this is really going […]
