Dog Bus cargo bike
Portlander Drew Devereux scratch-built this swell cargo bike so his canine pal, Sadie, could come along on rides.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Kinect with Scratch
Kinect hacker Stephen Howell has been hard at work producing a number of short demonstrations showing the possibilities of using the Scratch visual programming language with a Microsoft Kinect controller. How-to and examples are available on his site.
Mindstorms speed alert
Dexter Industries, who build 3rd party sensors for Lego Mindstorms — including a GPS unit called the dGPS — built a NXT device that alerts a driver when he or she drives too fast. Download the NXT program file here. [via The NXTStep]
PS3 Root Key Found – is the Sony PS3 forever hacked?
Awhile ago, Sony removed the Linux support for the PS3 and recently the “root key” was posted online and it seems like it’s hacked for good, there’s a great post on reddit by defyallodds… When Sony creates a newer hardware revision with a different metldr key, they would have to issue 2 different firmware updates: […]
The brick thief
Enjoy this fine video, just try not to go around stealing Legos from kids and puppies, even if you know how to make them dance!
Pier Solar and the Great Architects homebrew games for retired consoles
Pier Solar and the Great Architects homebrew games for retired consoles… Pier Solar and the Great Architects is a 16-bit role playing game for the Sega Mega Drive, released in December 2010 by WaterMelon Co. The game optionally utilizes the Mega-CD expansion device to enhance its audio capabilities. Development of the game began on June […]
Yet another Lego USB flash drive mod
In response to our Dremel PDF project to mod some Lego bricks into a USB drive case with a working cap, reader Pieter Leeuwen sent us images of this version he made years ago (after seeing a similar project here on MAKE that he thought he could improve upon). He’s been using this drive ever […]
