Boom bikes
Wow, rad boom bikes in Germany by Klara Geist! [Thanks, Aram!]
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Impressive laser-cut Mars rover model…er, kinda
This elaborate laser-cut plywood “Spirit” model is one of many cool designs available from WoodMarvels.com. They sell PDF plans, EPS files, and parts kits. Caveat: This image, and pretty much every image I can find on their website, is a computer generated rendering. I’m sure their models go together in the real world just fine, but personally, I’d kinda like to see some photos that prove it. [Thanks, Rachel!]
Lego augmented reality kiosks let you see what you can make
Teaming up with technology company Metaio, an augmented reality system was devised, called the Lego Digital Box. LDB allowed any Lego box to be held up to a screen in store and the finished product displayed sitting on top of it.
Fold-up “robotagami” figures
Lubbock, Texas artist Dustin Wallace, whose larger one-off/limited edition transforming robot sculptures I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, also makes these wicked little “robotagami” dudes that are CNC-cut from sheet metal (stainless steel or copper), ship flat, and get slotted together and folded up to make a dimensional figure by the buyer.
Lego-esque modular furniture
A company called Lunatic Construction sells giant Lego-esque bricks made out of expanded propylene for use as furniture. They have 3 different shapes of bricks available in 7 colors. Plus they offer clear or pearlescent ABS, metal, as well as light-up versions. [Via Inhabitat]
Lego ATM makes change, authenticates bills
A fully functional Lego NXT Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) with change making capability. The machine is built 100% from Lego parts plus a HiTechnic IRLink and a Codatex RFID Sensor. The machine is programmed in Not eXactly C (NXC) and has the following features…  Bill scanner can be calibrated to accept any type of […]
Lego bricks builders wish they could buy
Anyway, among the many interesting discoveries I’ve made there was a link to the Brick Wishlist Flickr pool, which is a collection of doodles, diagrams, and renderings, made by Lego fans, of elements they wished existed, but do not. These “requests” range from simple color options (as in user d-higdon’s “fall colors” idea for the “leaves” element (#2417), currently available only in green) to what would be, for Lego, anyway, fairly radical departures, like plates with studs on both sides.