The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
John posted this vid of the Puzzlemation led matrix modules in use for those who didn’t catch them at Maker Faire. This really gets across the impressiveness of the project – pretty easy to imagine this device being a popular evolution of the classic jigsaw design. We’d likely be assembling scenes from our fave DVDs […]
Meatricity is the electricity generated by the muscle power of humans or other animals. After a great day working on project ideas for Alternative Energy module in next summer’s Learn 2 Teach / Teach 2 Learn program at the South End Technology Center, I drove by a huge workout gym sort of filled with beautiful […]
This morning, Ed Baafi, Amon Milner, Jacob William, and a number of the youth leaders at Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn developed an idea of how to teach electricity to youth with a new kit idea. What we are looking to do is reinvent the Alternative Energy module in the summer program. The kit […]
I’m really intrigued by this sculpture by James Angus called “Bicycles.” It’s as if the three bikes are being viewed in not-quite-working stereo vision. The construction is just incredible. Via VVORK.
So you want to play motion based games on something other than the Wii product? Try out the Darwin, the latest evolution in gaming. Magnetometers that check the controller’s movement against the earth’s magnetic core. So cool. The result of all these sensors in the controller is that it gives a very accurate rendering of […]
The holiday break is a good time for 30/40/50/etc.-somethings to take trips down memory lane and dig up games from their childhood. For those of us who either don’t have old systems in their attics/basements or who have grown bored with their contents, there are always emulators. The hassle with emulators is finding games to […]
Dave Parker shares the building and programming instructions for this LEGO NXT inch worm on nxtprograms.com – the movement is really unusual.
