Mouse agility training
Marina from Austria is a mouse agility trainer – check out this video of a mouse completing an entire course, it’s really amazing! Via CuteOverload MORE: Monty on the Run
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Retro family bike
What was new in 1955… a modded bike for taking the family around town.
Circuitbent Gameboy freak-out
The helpless cries and LCD spasms of a very bent GB under the modulating influence of LoFi Ninja‘s keyboard rhythm section. That synched screen-streakery is a thing in and of itself! – LoFi Ninja – Circuit bent Gameboy
Dorkbot Seattle Evil Toy workshop
Josh Kopel made this determined little critter at the Dorkbot Seattle evil toy workshop. Check out his flickr set for more weird mashups. (Alas, my Furby expired on the operating table.)
Illuminati Motor Works on Brink TV
Brink, a new Science Channel show, will be covering Illuminati Motor Works during next week’s episode. This is the first of 3 episodes including projects from this year’s Austin Maker Faire. Learn more about Brink here, and be sure to catch the Illuminati guys 10pm EST Friday, December 12th!
Bright bike
Michael Mandiberg’s created a beautiful and beautifully simple way to be seen biking at night: I wrapped up my bike in retroreflective vinyl. Retroreflective vinyl is like a big scotchlite sticker; scotchlite is that super-reflective stuff that is on running shoes, jackets, and night safety equipment. Here’s a video of the process and result: And, […]
Top 10 unexpected toys – from MAKE
Don’t know what to get for your offspring? Bored with the predictable offerings of the chain retailers? Here are 10 unexpected toys that you should consider for your kids this holiday season. Ball of Whacks A creative building toy by Roger von Oech. It’s a thirty sided rhombic triacontahedron divided into 30 pyramid pieces, which […]