The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Kate Lilley writes: I‘ve been making a couple of little fishing games for my sons for christmas. They are very easy to make and, I think, will go down a treat. I made a plastic set to play with in water (a bucket, bath, pan, paddling pool). And another set to play with on dry […]
Founded by Elon Musk of PayPal and Tesla Motors fame, Space X has become the first company to successfully build and launch a spacecraft into low Earth orbit and have it return safely. Launched from Cape Canaveral, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted its Dragon cargo capsule into orbit, performed extensive test maneuvers across two orbits, and splashed down just after 11 a.m. PST on December 8, 2010.
Great tutorial by Ron of From the Warp. Almost great enough to start me down the WH40K rabbit-hole again. Must…resist… [via toycutter]
My son has this totally awesome “exhaust” pipe on his bike that I covet. It’s really a resonator for the classic baseball-card-in-the-spokes trick. It makes a terrific racket, and gets people to move out of the way without necessitating a honk on your horn. I decided to build my own, using a recycled beverage bottle. Armed with a Dremel Rotary Tool, a bottle of energy drink, and a depleted gift card, I set out to make my own soda bottle bike exhaust.
By way of Dinosaurs and Robots comes this awesome prototype of a soon-to-be HO-scale model kit of a 1960 tiki-fied SoCal bowling alley, cocktail lounge, and coffee shop. Swanky! The designer, Mike Cozart, also has plans for a department store, car dealership, movie house, and shopping center done in classic Atomic Age designs. Mike Cozart […]
Why not strap a monster crate motor onto a custom skateboard frame? If you did, would it be the fastest? That’s debatable. I say that the engine would tear the frame up and throw the rider before it could gain significant speed. Some would say that you don’t even need an engine to go fast on a skateboard. That didn’t stop the folks at V8 Supercars from Sydney, Australia from building their monster 630hp V8 Skateboard.
Man, and I thought the hacks on the Wii sensor bar came fast and furious. Amazing what people are doing with the Xbox Kinect and how viral all of these hacks quickly become. This one, an autonomous quadrotor, uses the Kinect Sensor for navigation and obstacle avoidance. It was done as part of the STARMAC […]
