DIY Underwater Bubble Room
Over on BoingBoing Maggie Koerth-Baker interviews Jordan Needham about the underwater fort he and his family built at the bottom of a lake.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Lego time management tracking
Over on Flowing Data, Nathan Yau posted this cute little project time tracker build from Legos: Each row represents an hour and each color indicates a different project. I’m gonna go out and buy myself a big, red bucket of Legos now. [Thanks, Rachel!] Lego-powered Project Time Management More: Browse our extensive Lego coverage
Reactive Cube, a 3D projector tank
These liquid-filled tanks, designed by Graham Plumb, project light through a mixture of water and “a specially formulated emulsion” consisting of “micron-sized particles of oil formulated to stay suspended in water.” Pretty sweet! [Via Spime]
How-To: Spray bike makeover
Learn to strip down and repaint an old bike in this CRAFT project sponsored by Krylon. MAKE staffer Sheena Stevens shows off the made-over Space Cruiser in the pic above! Brookelynn Morris writes: My friend had a classic beach bike that she rode around town every day for years. It is a good bike with […]
Cargo Bike: Kid-hauling edition
Darrel Anderson of Bon Accord, AB, merged a couple of unused bikes into a cargo bike — except instead of a cargo platform, he has included two child car seats so he can bring the kids along. The bike is amazingly stable. I took a guess and made the rear steering arm a bit longer […]
Gelato vending cargo bike mod
Check out this fun gelato vending cargo bike mod from Totcycle.
PlayStation controller coffee table
Mark M (Australia) sent us links to pics of this awesome coffee table he made: I made the PlayStation controller coffee table for my year 12 major work, as an Industrial Technology project. I made the whole controller out of plywood, MDF, and veneer on veneer. The whole project took me 20 weeks on and […]
