The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Gism Butter’s finds at a local flea market via Waxy. Today, we went to the Laney College Flea Market. As usual. I know I’ve written about the amazing things I’ve found at this swap meet. In the past, I got a Game & Watch, and oodles of rare old console games. But today, I found […]
On Dinosuars+ Robots, Mister Jalopy points us to this crazy-cool atomic age fiberglass bike featured on Nostalgia.net. The bike was designed and prototyped in 1948 and sold for one yea, by Bowden, in 1960. 1960 Bowden, Spacelander
I made something like this when I was about 10 years old. My version wasn’t as complicated, and it sank in a matter of minutes. I really like the use of a nail and coil to make a simple solenoid for switching the moors on and off. Overall it’s a pretty good use of recycled […]
We have seen a lot of Rock Band hacks and mods, and this is no different. If you want to beat your friend’s high score, this little electronics project should help. This is a really clever way of getting around mono plug that is supplied with the pedal. The game ROCK BAND has a drum […]
Stop by and show us what cool stuff you’ve been making – bring your completed (or near completed) project or a even a photo of your work. Send an email to the address above to let us know you’ll be attending the auditions.
This project replaces the internal electronics of a “Goofy Giggles” toy with an external board in order to give the toy more processing power to enable it to respond to external stimuli. More info and a how-to at the link below. A Brain Transplant for Goofy Giggles
This 2.5 metric ton bicycle bus built by students at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands has 32 seats where each rider must pedal to power it. A good way to describe it would be the Flintstones car meets a Viking oar-driven ship meets your local fitness center. Multi-Rider Bicycle Bus [via]
