The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Tim (BlueToothKiwi) at NXT Step blog says there is a new version of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 – it’s designed to work with several robot vendors including LEGO Mindstorms and iRobot. The free download is here.
A MAKE reader sent this in, anyone know what’s going on?
This circuit bent Pikachu reminds us of a punk rock electronics experiment gone very wrong. Watch the video for the full effect of this thing’s ravenous evolution. via The Adventures of teapot the cat
In response to our high power rocket post, Ken Denmead of GeekDad points us to coverage on their blog of the Rocket Mavericks event, with some awesome pics. The first one above is a time-lapsed night photo. The author of the piece, Steve Jurvetson, writes: …the motor failed, and broke the rocket in two, but […]
Erik Charlton has some nice pics on Flickr of his NAR Level 3 Certification flight at the recent Rocket Mavericks event. The rocket he flew is a 10″ Polecat Bullpup which is 80 lbs and 110″ tall. It flew to 4,500 feet on an Aerotech M1419 motor with twin G Wiz LCX flight computers. Liftoff
What do you get when you combine LED throwies with a gaucho snaring weapon? This clever contraption, dubbed the E-bola by creator Tetranitrate on instructables. Using the LEDs and batteries as weights, this throwing weapon lets your prey know you’re coming. Oh, and also makes for some nice long-exposure photography. This is probably dangerous to […]
It’s amazing what people make with LEGOs – here’s a braiding machine. More: Lego Knitting Machine
