LEGO minifig group costume
This LEGO minifig group costume has some amusing making-of photos, and the costumes turned out great! [via EMSL]
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Party popper “Claymore”
Clever design from Thingiverse user vik, which lets you mount and simultaneously fire a devastating barrage of nine party poppers at unsuspecting revelers. “I should’ve marked it with FRONT TOWARD FRIENDS,” he comments.
Jeri’s homebrew pinball, day 7
Jeri Ellsworth continues work on her homebrew pinball machine, now themed: “As Seen on TV!” It’s cool the way she’s involving her chat rooms in brainstorming ideas for the build. Can’t wait to see the finish product. Jeri Ellsworth’s YouTube channel
Virtual iPhone in AR app on iPhone
This augmented reality app from Ogmento for Orange Israel features an interactive virtual iPhone hovering over a stylized marker. The demo allows the user to control the virtual iPhone through its touch interface and superimposes it over a realtime camera view.
R/C Starship Enterprise flies under water
Francesco Fondi, of HobbyMedia, sent us news of this awesome USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A “submarine,” and holiday wishes, from Tokyo. Happy holidays to you and everybody at HobbyMedia, Fra! He writes: The Japanese modeler Starfleet Yokosuka has built a radio-controlled 1/350 scale replica of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A from the Star Trek series. What makes this […]
12-sided die as big as your head!
From the MAKE Flickr pool Paul Edward Carson’s welded basketball-sized D12 looks like it’d be perfect for rolling the next big Space Marine skirmish! He explains a key advantage of owning such an item – If i need to generate a random number between 1 and 12 while destroying my house, i have just the […]
Dirty Jobs marathon on Discovery Channel today
We were recently discussing the Discovery Channel series, Dirty Jobs on an internal Maker Media email. We all admire Mike Rowe’s dedication to rolling up his sleeves and getting down to work and the happiness that can be found in working with you hands, even if the process is filthy. I’ve been a Dirty Jobs […]