The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Brian Dereu and his family have a thriving cottage industry machining these pocket concealments from real currency and selling them online. I have one of their MicroNickels, shown above, and it may well be the coolest thing I have ever owned. It’s sized perfectly to conceal a Micro SD card, and when assembled it really is indistinguishable from a regular nickel. So, you know, just don’t lose it.
Our go-to guy for all things R/C, Fra Fondi, of Hobby Media/Xtreme RC Cars, sent us this video for an awesome Lego NXT-controlled boat. It has an NXT Brick MCU onboard and is controlled by a mobile phone via Bluetooth. It has a range of about 50 meters in clear line of sight. A few […]
Today’s CRAFT Pattern is the Tiny Perching Pigeons by Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land. Knit up a bunch of these little birdies in no time! If you like this free pattern from Anna, check out more of her fantastic patterns available in the Mochimochi Shop. In addition to knitting patterns, she also has some adorable […]
Not to be confused with this Lego ship in a Lego bottle. Something very like this stunt has actually been on my personal to-do list for about six months now (well, I was gonna build a Lego spaceship in a glass bottle), but I kept putting it off. “Jeremy Moody built the first Lego ship inside a bottle!” is the headline over at Brothers Brick. Oh, that stings! [Thanks, Rachel!]
The monsterbike by Youtube user watur is technically a tricycle, but we sure wouldn’t want to argue with anyone piloting such a menacing machine.
Bicycle dynamos have been around forever. With all the DIY smartphone bike mounts I’ve come across lately, I’m surprised I haven’t seen someone attempt combining the two until now. This is perfect for areas with sparse charging options.
Nokia announces bike-powered phone charger… The bike charger relies on the well-tested and durable bottle-dynamo to convert your pedaling into power, and the phone is held to the handlebars with a big rubber-band. In between is a box of circuitry to give a nice smooth current to any device equipped with a 2mm jack. The […]
