The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
This latest version of Mikal Hart’s original reverse geocache puzzle–a box that only opens in one location on the Earth’s surface–is by Markus. At just 3.75″ on its longest side, Markus’s box is by far the most compact and elegant version of the puzzle I have ever seen. [via Hack a Day]
This fantastically detailed science fiction Lego model, Containment, was created by Nannan Zhang of The Brothers Brick along with his collaborator “Legohaulic.” If you’ll be in Chicago this weekend, be sure to visit Brickworld today. Non-attendees are welcome to view AFOLs’ (“Adult Fan of Lego”) awesome MOCs (“My Own Creation”) from 10am-3pm, tickets are $7-10. […]
Earlier this week I posed bike hacker Pater Wagner’s uni/bicycle. Earlier this month we featured his monster bike. Now it’s his monowheel. No handlebars — presumably you have to lean to steer. But don’t lean too much! What an awesome creation. More: The history of Monowheels Maker of the day – Kerry McLean, 225-horsepower gasoline-powered […]
There’s something both serene and at the same time playful about this paper mache and fabric rabbit puppet, by Arounna Khounnoraj (Toronto) on BloesemKids. I’d love to watch the puppet show this fellow stars in.
Pat James built this Arduino Talking Poker Timer to help keep his local poker tournament moving smoothly
The goal of this project is to create a simple interupt driven library for generating composite video on a single AVR chip. Currently the output is NTSC or PAL at a resolution of 128×96 by default. The library currently works on ATmega168,328,1280,644p Interested? Download the code.
These glueless interlocking table bases based on burr puzzles are from Bulgarian architect Petar Zaharinov. I discovered them while perusing last year’s entries to the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition.
