Le(GO) Corbusier
Iconic Swiss architect Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye done in LEGOs. Le Corbusier – Villa Savoye [via]
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Wear your Wii and create some noise
This “WiiMote Music Controller Suit” (called the “W_space”) by Israeli-born, Netherlands based composer Tom Tlalim uses eight Nintendo Wii controllers to create and manipulate sound in realtime. Connected up to the body, each Wiimote senses a different aspect of the wearer’s movement to produce songs in the sound software “SuperCollider”, as he or she dances […]
Wii-PC will not make you fit
This PC based on the Mini-ITX board fits inside a case similar to the Nintendo Wii’s white angular body. The computer sports a AMD Geode Socket and integrated processors, Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom series) with 945 chipset, and lots more features. Despite the heavy processing power, we just like how often we see casemods […]
RoboGames humanoid smack-down
It’s hard not to bust a gut laughing at these mini-humanoids skittering around the ring, duking it out. Of the 1st RT Battle Cup, Robots Dreams writes: Watching the humanoid battles at RoboGames 2008 yesterday we noticed how impressive the larger, higher torque designs are for the crowd. The Robit team from Korea, with their […]
Pedal Powered Tennis Ball Laucher
Trying to encourage your child’s tennis skills, but can’t serve to save your life? Daniel Bauen uses a pedal-powered ball launcher. From his site: Both cleanly powered and built from 2 recycled bicycles, scrap steel and wood, leaking 5 gallon water jug and a lacross stick, our pedal powered tennis ball launcher is a unique […]
Wiimote-controlled robot arm
Here’s an industrial robot controlled by a Wimote. The builder writes: This is a small presentation of a university project I have worked on for the last 6 months. Using a real-time system the orientation of the Wii Remote is polled and sent to the Stäubli TX 60 industrial robot. The concept is stolen from […]
Edit your own animal – Spore creature creator
Spore the much-anticipated game of lifeform design and development looks like it will be worth the wait. The Spore Creature Creator software has been released and I can say firsthand – it’s a thoroughly fun and creative experience. The free demo software includes only a quarter of the total parts palette available in the full […]