The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Kevin sent in this neat bicycle light made from a recycled Parmesan cheese container. This would make a great addition to a lot of the DIY bike lights that we have featured on Make. [Thanks Kevin] This page describes the construction of a universal bike light battery with eight “C” cell rechargeable NiMh batteries. It […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Evilsigntist retrofitted a trumpet with Guitar Hero controller hardware – plus added a breath-controlled switch made from parts from a car air system! Check the photo’s notes for more info – guitar hero controler trumpet More: Jug Hero @ Maker Faire From the pages of MAKE: 21st-Century Keytars MAKE:15, […]
Here is our 2008 Make Holiday Gift Guide for kids. Hopefully these gifts will inspire you to go out and make new things, teach others what you know, or even learn something new. The best gift you can give any kid is quality time together. I tried to cover a lot of different ages, skill […]
Photographer Robbie Cooper shows just how focused young video-game players can be… NYTimes video.
The non-chain on the new Trek Soho It looks like Trek may succeed in making non-chain bikes mainstream. Via CNN: Trek Bicycle is part of a movement to bury the finger-pinching, pants-munching, rust-prone sprocket and chain, and usher in an era of belt-driven bikes that might have the inventors of the self-propelled transportation Schwinning in […]
If seeing a tandem bike riding by makes you momentarily pause and have a look, imagine your delay when a 15-person bicycle-truck slowly passes by. Called the Busycle, this bicycle behemoth moves under the power of 28 human legs, plus a driver. And while it can only go about 4 miles per hour, the infectious […]
Papervision – Augmented Reality (extended) from dpinteractive on Vimeo. I tried it out and it was very impressed by the speed and accuracy of the motion tracking (he did flicker a bit and have problems when my lights were too bright, so be prepared to work a bit to make him happy). This is a […]
