Hello Kitty chainsaw
This may be the end of civilization as we know it. [via Neatorama]
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
MORE water rocket awesomeness
We’ve covered George Katz and his water rocket projects here in the past. In this recent video, he shows testing of a lightweight in-line parachute deployment rig, as well as some additional footage of the group’s most recent launch day. In-line Deployment Mechanism More: Awesome DIY water rockets with drop-away boosters In the Maker Shed: […]
How-To: Adjustable kids’ bike jump
Insructables user murphtron writes: My son started riding a 16″ bike at 4 years old without training wheels. (He was first on a push bike without training wheels or pedals at about 3 1/2.) One day he decided to build a jump in the back yard. So he found a piece of 2 x 12 […]
“Art rocketry”
All card-carrying members of the NAR may want to look away now. The West Oakland Rocketry Club, based out of West Oakland CA, breaks pretty much every rule in the NAR Handbook. This is not rocketry for kids, or those who are particularly safety-concerned. Dubbing what they do “art rocketry,” the group (a lot of […]
Nokia-based Rubik’s Cube solver
Mindstorms Rubik’s Cube solvers are a dime a dozen, but David Gilday’s bot offers two cool twists (sorry) — first, it solves a 4×4 cube rather than the classic, ordinary 3×3 cube. Second, and cooler, rather than relying on the NXT Intelligent Brick to do the heavy lifting, it uses a Nokia N95 mobile phone […]
Giant metal 12-sided die sculpture
The crazed DIY artisans and mischief makers at Philadelphia’s Tango Echo have a new video showing one of their members, Paul Carson’s, giant 12-sided die he welded together and then deployed in a vacant lot. More: 12-sided die as big as your head!
Crochet Fortune Cookie Pattern
Alicia Kachmar of Create! shares her crochet fortune cookie pattern with colorful Valentine’s Day versions.
