Weekend Project: Make a Simple Laser Communicator
Secretly shoot your voice across the room in stealth mode on the beam of a laser!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Knobby Tired Purple Bike: Bounce For Glory
Peter William Wagner bounces across the fairgrounds at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, delighting everyone whose path he crosses. The big purple eccentric-axeled bike has two inflated all-terrain wheels that can also function as flotation for the aquatic parts of the annual Kinetic Grand Championship in and around Arcada, California, where this “whim-cycle” has appeared for the last six years. Even Peter’s baby granddaughter enjoys the ride.
Building with the Bay Area Lego Users Group: BAYLUG
The Bay Area Lego Users Group builds creations of every size and type imaginable, exclusively using Lego blocks. From entire neighborhoods of buildings, to a scale reproduction of the battleship Yamato, they had plenty on hand to show at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. At their meetings they often have competitions to test their building prowess, in events such as coaster cars and structural stability on their very own “earthquake table.”
http://www.baylug.org/
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4916
Taking a Bike Ride Around the Treachorous Whiskey-Drome
The cycling madmen of Whiskeydrunk Cycles set up their WhiskeyDrome at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Bicycle daredevils Joshua Thwaites and Joey Castorwere on hand doing death-defying tricks.
http://fbuc.org/tag/whiskey-drome/
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/6151
3D Printed MakerBot Turtle Shell Racers
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MakerBot shows off the 3D printed turtle shell RC cars they are bringing to World Maker Faire NY September 17th and 18th at the New York Hall of Science in Queens.
Power Racing Series – Preparing for Maker Faire Detroit
The makers at i3Detroit prepare for the Power Racing Series at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. They hope to defend their title and take the trophy back home. More info: http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/3343
Junk Pedalers and Cargo Bikes
An article in the current issue of Make caught a new reader’s attention so he wrote me to share a picture of his own custom-modded cargo bike. I just picked up Make Magazine for the first time at a Barnes and Noble bookstore. I haven’t read the whole thing yet but Peter Smith’s article on […]