The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Q4 Technologies, Ltd is a UK company that makes a line of software to control the WowWee toy/hobby robots. Anyone who’s spent any time using a WowWee controller to remote-control or script program routines for their bot knows how tedious, and limiting, this method can be. Go-Robo Studio works with most of the WowWee Robotics […]
We’ve gotten some of the packaged marble roll games that go on the fridge and they’ve been kind of disappointing. I really like this set that you can make yourself with plumbing pipe – Jack McKee’s site has lots of other cool stuff for kids, too!
So you have a budget of about $0 and you don’t want mud on your jacket, what do you do? Well, by using an old corrugated plastic sign and some zip ties you can make a really simple bike fender. OK, it may not be the prettiest fender I’ve seen, but it still has a […]
I made this scorpion toy with a Twitchie Robot Kit. I’m really afraid of scorpions where I live in Arizona, so I thought a friendly toy would help me get used to them. I made his plush body from some fabric I had around, aiming to make him look like an Arizona bark scorpion, which are tan/yellowish/translucent. Twitchie is Arduino powered and comes pre-programmed, so it’s an excellent kit for beginners in robotics, because no programming is required! You can download and modify the code if you want, and it’s pretty light on the soldering, too. I’d recommend Twitchie for young makers (boys & girls, too!) interested in robotics or moving plush toys. You can buy the Twitchie Robot Kit in the Maker Shed:
http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKTET2
Music is “At the Crack of Noon” by Shuutobi, http://shuutobi.com
Make a flaming fireball shooter just like magicians use. Save $$ and MAKE your own! Awesome pyrotechnics effect! Safe to use indoors and out!
Watch as an ordinary Sharpie Pen comes alive! You can make it move with your mind…or can you?
It’s a flying flapping machine powered by a rubber band. Make your own for about $10.
