The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Amon found the usual post party debris the one morning/afternoon and decided to Hook Up some of the stuff to his computer and make something useful. With some pizza boxes, cups, a computer and Scratch, he made a Skeeball type game. Just like the one at the arcade at the mall, but less hungry for […]
Photograph by Gabriela Hasbun PAPER, TAPE, COMPRESSED AIR … LIFT-OFF! Blow your friends away as you send this 25-cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. You can build this easy launcher and rocket with common hardware store items in an afternoon. All the parts for this simple but impressive air rocket and launcher are […]
A story in Christian Science Monitor features Oakland, CA teenagers who are remaking ordinary bicycles and turning them into something colorful and cool. His name is Tyrone Stevenson, though most know him by his nickname, “Baby Champ.” He is, everyone agrees, the Scraper Bike King. He wants to change the rough, violent world that he […]
Surprise! A classic pull-toy phone that really works. By Frank E. Yost…. I remember making pretend phone calls on my Fisher-Price Chatter Telephone when I was 7 or 8, and wondering if it was possible to turn it into a real phone. That question stayed with me, and when I saw a Chatter Telephone and […]
4 floor advanced engineering demolition toy set via BBG. Great News for all you construction and demolition lovers. Developed in 1998 Advanced Engineering is the original, the biggest and most realistic Construction & Demolition toy in the world! Take your pick of Modern Black Glass, Blue Gothic Stone OR Old Red Brick!
What do you do if the Wii Fit games aren’t intense enough for you? You build your own exercise gaming system, of course: wondered about a way to get fitter, work out without having to go running outside (although that is very healthy). I didn’t think the Wii balance board would do the trick, as […]
DHRECK sent in his interesting mod of the Wii-Mote. It uses several different kinds of hemp fibers to cover the original plastic case. I assume by the popularity of this project that more hemp-covered objects are in the works. [Thanks DHRECK] In stark contrast with the original Wii-mote set, what was once sleek, cold, white […]
