The secret LEGO vault
Did you know there is a secret LEGO vault with all of LEGO past? There is – and there’s a video too!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Uber Ultraman
Artomatic, the gargantuan art free-for-all (1000 artists!), recently closed in DC. I went five times and never saw all ten floors. One “trend” I saw in the art was the use of action figures, dolls parts, and toys in a lot of the work. One guy used the doors of vintage refrigerators, torn open as […]
LEGO Nord
You know the saying – If you can’t buy it, build a lego version. Matrixsynth points out this fine reproduction of a Nord keyboard synth. – NordLead Modular
Build an NES controller into your car’s engine
Although this mod won’t be seen by many people because it’s under the hood of a car, we still applaud this maker who managed to create a giant NES controller that sits on top of his car’s motor. Playing a game with this controller might be difficult if you are driving, although you’ll be the […]
Wooden Neo Geo controller will definitely give you splinters
This homemade joystick built from wood and arcade style buttons controls a Neo Geo game system so that the maker wouldn’t have to pay for the expensive AES joysticks. This is a great tutorial with tons of info and 2-part pictures of the build at the link below. Universal Joysticks
How To – LED chess set
Everything’s better with LED’s, right? Consider illuminating a time-honored game of strategy – I had just picked up a cheap-o glass chess set at my local arcade for the low low price of only 15,000 tickets. The novelty of playing with glass pieces quickly wore off, and I wondered how I could make it better. […]
More Wiimote monkeying with Johnny Lee
On Johnny Lee’s website, he discusses (and shows video off) his latest computer-human interaction research at Carnegie-Mellon using the Wiimote. In the above video, he gives a presentation on different types of flexible, foldable displays using the motion tracking of the Wiimote and IR LEDs (and projection) to simulate the displays. On his page is […]