The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Our stringer for all things R/C, Francesco Fondi, sent us word of this amazing Lego/ NXT-based Bluetooth and phone-controlled Volvo 8×8 truck: This is a really impressive creation from ATRX, the same AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego) behind the NXT Boat. This Volvo FL12, version 8×8 features all wheel drive, 4-wheel steering, full double wishbone […]
Found on DIY Drones, this excellent video shows the dangers of sending your drone into a bird’s turf!
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
