Makeshift handlebar smartphone mount
Maker Sebastian Dwornik needed a way to mount a mobile device to his mountain bike in order to field test some software he’d written. His solution, though crude, turned out to be quite effective.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Altoids tin trebuchet
And with this “Curiously Strong Trebuchet” I think we’ve reached some sort of unholy singularity where everything that can possible go in or on a mint tin has done so. Now I think we’re all going to die. The Curiously Strong Trebuchet: A Pocket Sized Medieval Siege Engine
Cubical hard-boiled egg mold
That inner emptiness you’ve been feeling lately is probably due to the fact that you don’t own one of these.
How-To: Change Lego element colors
It turns out the same dyes that work on computer parts also work on Lego bricks, which are also, in my experience, seemingly never available in the color you need. Lego purists generally frown on paints and adhesives, but frankly being an active builder can get pretty expensive pretty fast, and a lot of that […]
Bikes Not Bombs – Creating opportunities
The other night I checked out the volunteer night at Bikes Not Bombs in Jamaica Plain Boston. At the end of the night, there were about a dozen volunteers working together to “flatten bikes” so they could be efficiently shipped to Ghana in West Africa. The crowd was mostly young adults with a balance of […]
Zombie SNES craves brains/crartridges
Skadrums71 took console modding in an unusual direction with this undead Super Nintendo. It appears those open wounds are infested with resistors … ewww(?) [via Geekologie]
Toilet paper folder & dispenser prototype
dayammerkid writes… This is a project that me and my friends built for school (UC Berkeley). Its made of lego mindstorms, scissors, and some scrap metal. With all things considered, I think it turned out alright. Not only does it fold your paper for you, it also cuts it. It would be the perfect accessory […]
