LEGO rings
Mathea’s sterling silver LEGO rings make for some cool modular jewelry possibilities – neat idea! – LIFESTYLE_Schmuck_Noppenringe More: LEGO man jewelry
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Berkeley shop adapts bikes for any disability
Berkeley shop adapts bikes for any disability… The problem: Cycles are factory-made for people with a wide variety of physical disabilities, but there is no solo bike made for a person with no use of her arms. The problem with that problem: Greg Milano, BORP director of cycling and the man who dreamed up the […]
OpenSoundControl for Nintendo DS
A new update to the DS Music Interface Software project includes support for high-res data messages in the OSC format – OSC is an emerging standard for exchanging music control signals that is much more flexible and modern than MIDI. For example, OSC can directly communicate via network, so the PC-side DSMI server is not […]
LEDs light the LEGO skyline
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Micah’s Lego Sky project incorporates an Ikea LED light strip and touchpad control – The Altoids tin has the modified driver circuit: It’s the original circuit board with the microcontroller removed, then a homemade Arduino clone to control it. The orange box is an old Cirque PS/2 touchpad, removed […]
Electric RazEr
Charles has been messing about with scooters. This is his second crack at it with the more modestly named RazEr. At least some of the work has been done at Miters in Cambridge. The business end. The relevant power transmission implement – there is only 1 – is housed completely in the rear wheel. It […]
Guitar Hero turned into a bike ride
Although it doesn’t really work like the real game, some kid turned his neighborhood streets into a Guitar Hero game board where you have to successfully bike over the icons from the game, made in chalk on the street. Although doing this successfully will not actually play the game or score you points, the effort […]
2008 Good Gift Games round-up
Matthew Baldwin’s 2008 Good Gift Game round-up is worth a look – some great games and fun reviews! “In this game we are all epidemiologists, trying to synthesize vaccines to four deadly diseases that are rapidly spreading across the globe…” My God, can you even imagine a less-enticing introduction to a board game? It sounds […]
