Souped-up rat rod bikes
They sure torque ’em up over at Gaskill’s Hop Shop. Check out these rat rod inspired bike mods. They may not be built for speed, but they sure look like it.
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In the Makers Market: LED hula hoop kits
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In the Makers Market: LED hula hoop kits
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From seller ProdMod, this cool kit for making your own color-changing LED hula hoop that collapses for storage like a band-saw blade:
Use this kit in combination with 10.5 feet of tubing (sold separately) to build your own LED hoop. This is the easiest of my kits to assemble. The battery lasts about 5 hours of continuous use, and can be easily replaced for a new one. This kit includes: One Lithium Battery, 12 feet of paired wire, One Slide Switch, One Tube Connector, 21 LEDs.
A rechargeable hoop kit is also available, which includes a rechargeable battery, a charger, and an integral charging jack to install in the hoop.
Natural Wood Egg Rattle
This beautiful rattle is such a perfect present for baby’s first Easter basket. And, it’s made by Woman Woodworker, who has, according to her etsy storefront “some skills and a garage full of power tools.”
Flame: A cool Processing-based art program
Flame is an art program created by Peter Blaskovic using Processing, a noob-friendly flavor of Java favored by artists and hobbyists. Flame shows how far the language has grown. It basically lets you draw using your mouse pointer, and the lines you draw look awesomely like fire. [via Kottke]
Rubik’s cube of Doom
A few years ago (2002?) I made this “accessible” cube puzzle by simply gluing/drilling an existing cube. The goal was to get an intuitive sense of “where the cubes went” when a face was turned – by holding the back and viewing the front, the cubist can sense all faces at all times. This makes the design ideal for puzzling in the dark (which I did) but also as an enhancement for the visually-impaired without sacrificing usability for the sighted.
Adult Fans of Lego – a Blocumentary
Check out Jess Gibson’s rather excellent documentary which takes a deeper look at the avid community of grown-ups who enjoy building in colorful plastic brick. Maybe I’m a bit out of touch here but – do some people really consider an interest in LEGO something to be a shamed of nowadays? Guess I’d assumed we […]
Twitter-controlled N900 LEGO robot
NIKO is a collaborative effort to build a Twitter-controlled robot as part of the Noika PUSH N900 Mod in the USA campaign. Recently team member Eric posted this short video showing hie progress.