Austin bike zoo’s moving stage
Lest anyone think that Austin Bike Zoo is taking a break after Maker Faire, here’s some footage of them at a Halloween ride: Austin Texas Critical Mass 31 October 2008 from kevin on Vimeo. (via Austin Texas Bike stuff)
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
LEGO NXT walker turns from both ends
NgeokNean made this very cool LEGO Mindstorms NXT walker – I’ve never seen this kind of pivot-mechanism used for turning, it’s very creative! Via NXT Step blog
DIY: High power LED bike light
This looks like a good project for anyone who rides a bicycle at night. I really like the copper housing. Just remember to polyurethane the copper if you don’t want it turning green. Personally, I think the aged green/brown patina would look really cool. For those of us traveling by non-motorized conveyance (bicycle e.g.), visibility […]
Use a Nintendo SNES controller on a Sony PSP!
Use a Nintendo SNES controller on a Sony PSP! via Hacked Gadgets. The Foo writes… Some time ago I was contacted by a nice guy in the US. He asked me wether I would be interested in building a psp mod for his partner. She has limited use of one of her hands and as […]
Play backed-up Wii games
If you’re prone to scratching or loosing your Wii games, there’s a way to back up your games to DVD and play them later. An alpha copy of Wii Backup Loader was leaked to the public a while back, and combined with the hack to enable your Wii to run homebrew, this will allow your […]
Flap to Freedom: Arduino powered game
This is some crazy chicken wing flappin’ action folks, and it looks like a lot of fun too! The system is powered by an Arduino and uses a hidden camera to analyze the players movement. There is a great flickr photo set of the build too! Existing consumer toy chickens were hacked, removing all circuits […]
First video game honored at Brookhaven lab birthplace
Retro Tennis for Two on display at the Brookhaven Lab in celebration of its 50th anniversary @ The NY Times… “I BRAG to people that I was probably the first kid to play a video game,†said Robert Dvorak Jr. That happened half a century ago here at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where Mr. Dvorak’s father […]