Wooden RC tank
Daniel Carnes writes in to tell us about this cool wooden RC tank built by Matthias Wandel. The site has lots of pictures of the build. Matthias also makes other super elaborate wood works.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Balance boarding!
The Balance board blog has a lot of resources and links about Nintendo’s new Balance Board for the Wii, and of course there are some interesting hacks already… like this one, controlling a robot. Wii Fit and We Ski might be the only two official uses for the Wii Balance Board, but clever tech-heads are […]
Robots, behind the veil
Matt Kirkland peels back our illusions about cute robot toys, via Bot Junkie. The machine inside the ghost?
The Foamerator
Natalie @ Craft found this fun tutorial on making a Super Foam-erator – a great easy (and messy!) kid’s project for out in the yard.
Homebrew Nintendo DS music apps
Wonderful collection of homebrew Nintendo DS music apps via Waxy. Source code available for some of them too. More: Nintendo DS MIDI. Nintendo DS homebrew paint application. DSMidiWifi – Nintendo DS wireless MIDI controller. Tracker for Nintendo DS, DS homebrew music roundup.
Wind-powered string plucker
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ranjit from Brooklyn created this pleasant device and displayed it at the recent Figment Festival – seems a prime candidate to replace the windchime, hmm … windstring? – come see and hear this– um– whatever it is
Build a dancing game that uses your hands instead of your feet
“Para Para Revolution” is like the famed “Dance Dance Revolution” game but instead of dancing on foot pads, players wear gloves with accelerometers that detect when they wave their hands and signal directions. Check out the link below for details on this project, including circuit diagrams and code samples. Para Para Revolution
