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The Cabaret Mechanical Movement book is packed with diagrams, information and useful tips on making your own automata. The book uses machines and automata from Cabaret Mechanical Theater to explain levers, shafts, cranks, cams, springs, linkages, ratchets, Drives and Gearing and even coin-op control, this is a great introduction for those inspired to go and make their own work.
For just $1500 you can have your very own remote controlled bowling ball! Maybe this is worthy of a remake, not sure?
Filth Wizardry is a blog for creative moms and their creative kids. It’s filled with fearless and super fun craft ideas for the preschooler set. This project is a DIY version of a popular UK game called Subbuteo. From what I can gather, it’s basically foosball, but without the table! To create it all, the […]
Hasbro is having a contest to see who can build the best Star Wars diorama using “at least five 3 3/4″ Hasbro Star Wars figures and or vehicles.” Submissions are open until November 16. See the official rules (.pdf). [via Geekologie]
From Flickr user necromancer7. [via The Brothers Brick]
A demo on how to create an 11-piece MIDI drum kit using Rock Band and Guitar Hero drum sets together. It includes velocity-sensitive triggers and a high-hat open/close pedal. Create a full MIDI Drumset with Guitar Hero and Rock Band Drums
Giles Turnbull @ The Morning News has a fun article about the family Nomenclature for LEGO… He writes – It’s a scene that is replayed by kids and parents everywhere. And it’s the starting point for a unique quirk of language: Lego nomenclature. Every family, it seems, has its own set of words for describing […]
