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Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Easter Guide at Woman’s Day
Take a peek into the Easter Guide at Woman’s Day for some fantastic Easter recipes and crafts. My daughter Chloe is nuts for bunnies so I’m eyeing to make this pink bunny knitting project so she can have a new cuddly friend for spring.
How-To: Build a model Hubble Space Telescope
Our intrepid space-beat reporter Rachel Hobson spotted these cool model Hubble Telescopes on the Hubble website: There are three versions: a PVC pipe version, a basic paper model version, and an expert paper model version that even includes the internal structure of the telescope. Why not host a little Hubble-building party with some friends and […]
Eeek! Giant Lego spider!
Check out this excellent Lego spider by Jason “Doctor Moebius” Ruff. Yes, that’s right, Lego — those hairs are actually a multitude of levers that the builder repurposed. Click on the image to see a larger version! [via Brothers-Brick]
Words Fail: Brass Pegasus automaton
Keith Newstead has been refining this design for twenty years. It shows. It’s gorgeous just sitting there, but when it starts to move…well, I think I audibly sighed. [via The Automata / Automaton Blog]
Disco helmet provides party microclimate
Paul Overton at Dude Craft has got his maker priorities straight. Set simple, achievable goals, and make them a reality. Behold the disco bike helmet, a party on your head.
Tactile gaming vest lets you feel the pew pew pew
Roboticist Saurabh Palan, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, just hipped us to his “Tactile Gaming Vest” project. The vest contains solenoids, rumble-packs, and Peltier heating elements, and is designed to provide haptic feedback in first-person shooters. Get shot with a pistol, get a kick in the chest from a solenoid. Was it a laser? Add some local heat from the Peltiers. Vibration from the rumble-packs can be used to simulate explosions or slashing attacks. There’s more info at Palan’s personal site, iRoboticist.com. Double win for scoring that URL.