The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Photograph by Max Maruszewski Learning to use an oxyacetylene torch was just the spark Max Maruszewski needed to set his interest in building things afire. Now, when he’s not working on a school play or racing around a parking lot in the “wheelchair” he and a buddy made out of a shopping cart, this 16-year-old’s […]
Photograph by Nicolas Zurcher Providing clean water for all could be as easy as riding a bike. Or a trike, if Aquaduct has an influence. Winner of the 2007 Innovate or Die pedal power competition, the Aquaduct Mobile Filtration Vehicle stores, transports, and purifies water as it goes. “We came up with ideas ranging from […]
Winter is upon us, and if you ride your bike to work you may want to think about making your own tire chains. This project doesn’t look too hard to make, and I bet they would add a lot of safety to that cold morning commute. More about DIY Bicycle tire chains [bikecommuters]
I dig this sweet bike hack. You’d want to be pretty confident in the tubing stability and mounting hardware before offering a ride to anyone you like. It is acceptable to require that they wear tube socks.
The Brothers Brick pointed out this amazing CGI animation of a LEGO fashion show by Fabrice Pathier (Four H). The clip features designs by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
Artist Jason Freeny has produced this awesome Micro Schematic of a LEGO minifig. Via I Heart Guts!
The Cincinnati Junior Makers group started as a bunch of bike riding fathers with young kids. The group used to go on rides hauling their cherubs around on bike trailers and tagalongs. Now the kids are old enough to ride on their own, but not quite up for the challenge of traffic. Since they like […]
