The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
This time we are going to be making a Zoetrope from a bunch of junk. What is a Zoetrope? Here is what I found on Wikipedia: The earliest elementary zoetrope was created in China around 180 AD by the prolific inventor Ting Huan. It consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. […]
Add this to the long list of things pigeons can do, but probably shouldn’t… Play video games. Lego Birdcam. LEGO lady feeding the LEGO pigeons.
On Ben Heck’s forums, this modder shows how he managed to cram an Xbox 360 wired controller inside the shell of a PS3 Dual Shock shell. This mod is done with the PS3 board (original version) stripped of almost all of its parts and the controller’s daughter board kept intact (mostly) and the CL board […]
Aah, Chris’ groom’s cake is picture-perfect gaming confection – The single most awesome groom’s cake ever. Note the raised buttons made of butter creme frosting. It was delicious. Dibs on the crosspad! – His Cake on Flickr [via Neatorama] More: Gamer wedding cake on CRAFT
This garden railroad modeler built a morse code signaling beacon for his layout driven by a Picaxe 08M. He shows you how to design it to either flash or sound out your desired messages. The builder also updated he article a few years back with a more hardware-friendly Microchip 16F684 PIC processor. Morse Code Beacon
Did I say crazy? I meant awesome bicycle innovations of the past. This is a great video that features a lot of different types of bicycles. My favorite is the strap-the-wheels-to-your-leg version that can be seen at 1:54. Although, the 4-person sewing machine bicycle at 4:30 is a close second! Read more about these Crazy […]
Bzupke and his son made this amazing steerable blimp using the LEGO RCX. via NXT Step Using an RCX, 3 Motors, the Infrared Remote, Large trash bags, and lots of helium, my son and I created a steerable blimp. Two of the motors controlled propellers (made from a LEGO propeller with larger blades made out […]
