CRAFT weekly recap
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Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Got a parking spot for a discounted spaceship?
The schedule for transferring the orbiters may be six months earlier than originally anticipated. NASA also desires to make selections a year before receipt of the orbiters, so recipient organizations will have sufficient time to conduct any fundraising activities necessary to support preparation and ferry costs.
NASA is planning to transfer space shuttle Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum. Shuttle orbiters Endeavour and Atlantis will be available for placement no earlier than July, 2011.
Where would you like to see the Space Shuttles end up? Check out the RFI for specifics.
Lego Newton, apples not included
I liked how this Lego vignette by Flickr user Kubik-Rubik doesn’t show the classic Sir Isaac Newton scene with the apple, and instead shows one far more grounded in fact — his prism experiment where he split visible light into its component colors. [via the Brothers Brick]
Lego router works!
Too cool – Luke rehoused his WRT54GL’s PCB in an entirely Lego-built enclosure. He was also kind enough to provide downloadable instructions on his blog. Anyone out there been using Lego for their DIY electronics projects? [via Byphenyl’s Twitter feed]
Lego flame
Flickr user Cole Blaq‘s Lego flames use florescent and transparent elements to give the illusion of fire without resorting to backlighting. [via brothers-brick.com]
Steam-powered bi-plane, circa 1933
MAKE subscriber Will Pickering sent us a link to this fascinating video. Will writes: This came through one of my steam email lists. Pretty cool plane modified with a 150hp flash boiler steam engine. Made for an almost silent airplane. And it can even go in reverse! From the lengthy YouTube description: A Travel Air […]
1981 ad for Lego
Photo from Flickr user Moose Greebles I like this 1981 ad for Lego. It reads, in part: “Have you ever seen anything like it? Not just what she’s made, but how proud it’s made her. It’s a look you’ll see whenever children build something all by themselves. No matter what they’ve created.” Compare the above […]