The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Sebastian walks you through the process for creating sample kits for use with the Little Sound DJ sequencer cartridge on Gameboy. The small amount of memory you have to work with makes this an interesting process in its own right – Now, in my opinion there are three places to look for space when choosing […]
Michael wanted a bike stand, but didn’t want to pay, and wanted to use it as a project to build his Computer Aided Design and fabrication skills. We had been using ProDesktop by PTC, to learn how to design mechanical parts. He was doing the tutorials along with his classmates. He worked out the idea […]
The Arkansas Arts Center is looking for submissions to their annual Toys Designed by Artists exhibition. It’s their 36th year!
Dean sent in this really interesting build of a VW Microbus model. The original kit was a VW Beetle, but not much of the final vehicle was original. Click through the website to see a lot more information about the build. More about Modifying a VW Beetle model
While most major computer manufacturers have recycling programs in place, television makers aren’t doing quite as well: With only three months to go until the digital TV conversion, the Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC) today released its new TV Recycling Report Card, grading the major TV manufacturers on their efforts to establish national programs to take […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool If you’re not concerned with keeping dust out of that old copy of Bad Dudes, Planetwrite shows how an old Nintendo cartridge sleeve makes for quite a retro-chic pen holder (once you add a base)
We’re really liking Discovery’s new show, Time Warp – it’s the perfect combination of science, woohoo! moments, and how things work. The hosts, Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney, both have an infectious sense of curiosity that make the show really fun to watch. Do you know how your dog uses its tongue to drink? In […]
