The Hockey Organ
Using a repurposed Casio SK1, the Hockey Organ controls player movement via keypresses – it even has two vidcams and a screen to capture and display the live-action – The Hockey Organ 2007
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Foosball-bot
Students at the University of Adelaide Australia have created a foosball force to be reckoned with – Engineering students from The University of Adelaide have taken out the top award in their final-year mechatronics project competition, with an automated foosball table capable of kicking human opposition ‘off the park’. Comprising a motion sensor system, software […]
PVC bike cart
Instructables slide show of a bicycle trailer made out of PVC pipe and wire rack material. PVC Bike trailer
How to install a Wii Mod chip
This detailed how-to walks you through the process of installing a mod-chip in your Nintendo Wii console so that you can pay games without region lock. You’ll need to tune up your soldering skills before getting started with this hack, but it might be worth it if you think the local Wii games are less […]
Wireframe trucks and push toys from Africa
These homemade wireframe trucks from Cameroon, Africa use a large steering wheel to maneuver a small car on the road. Really simple construction here, built from found materials and junk, but pretty inspiring nonetheless. via Street Use
Commodore 64 LAN party
Hah! This is awesome, Slashdot has a quick blurb on the the first Commodore 64 LAN party! The world’s first Commodore 64 LAN party was held at the Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club 2008 Expo last weekend, where the new multiplayer C64 game NetRacer was unveiled. The setup consists of up to eight Commodore 64s with […]
Up periscope
Gunk on Floor (where do people get these names??) put together a great Instructable on making a spy periscope – it’s a classic kid’s project.
