The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Life-long maker Matt Gryczan conceived of and documented the how-to for the Gyrocar in the current issue of MAKE, Volume 23, and I had the privilege of meeting him and his family at Maker Faire Detroit in July. Matt worked the MAKE booth with us all weekend, and his enthusiasm for sharing knowledge never waned […]
What maker doesn’t love zip ties?! They’re useful for cable management MacGyvering things, and holding your robots together. We’ve posted these leafy ties by Lufdesign before, but now they’re for sale and not just a concept. [via inspire me now]
Feltresss and video maker Hine Mizushima made this charming Japanese Monster Kit and accompanying video. Love it! [via Make: Japan]
This audio sequencer from Damien Kee can be made with a standard LEGO NXT 2.0 kit and includes software and PDF instructions.
Delightfully clever marketing gimmick from designer Matt Braun, who’s made a beer label printed with a scale showing the relationship between the level of liquid in the bottle and the note that it makes when you blow across the top. Apparently Matt actually brewed a small batch of “Tuned Pale Ale,” and, thanks to the massively positive response his clever label is getting, has plans to brew some more. You can sign up at his website to be notified when it’s available for purchase, or you could try tuning some bottles of your own. Once you’ve figured out the levels for the notes, why not etch the scale into the glass?
Musician and musical robot maker Charlie Williams created this fun art piece with a combination of OpenCV (an open-source computer vision toolkit that provides, among many things, facial recognition) and Processing. more info, including the opportunity to download the code and play with it yourself!
Alexander Augusteijn takes high-speed photography up a notch with these photos of bullets shooting through droplets of water. Apparently all that is involved is lots of careful timing. [via Laughing Squid] More: Coilgun projectile photography Bullet impacts at 1,000,000 frames per second Exploding capacitors in high speed High speed glass breakage High-speed photo gallery Arduino […]
