Tetris armwrestling?
As Alan on HackedGadgets says: I could see a Tresling machine in pubs across the country. Tresling: Tetris + Arm Wrestling [via] Related: Tetris weightlifting Play Tetris with a car
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Lighting for LEGO
Commercial microlight systems for LEGO projects. Lifelites [via]
Pacman game path arranged into audio tape
This project, “Nam June Paik Man” by Irish artist, Ivan Twohig, is an homage of sorts to Korean artist Nam June Paik, where Twohig employs the technique used by Paik of running a tape head over recorded audio tape to produce sounds. The difference is that Twohig’s tape is arranged in the labyrinth shape of […]
Bicycle wears shoes to get you to work
This “Walking Bike” by maker Max Knight exchanges its tires for 8 pairs of sneakers and some crazy wheel modifications. Each sneaker even has a black ankle sock to give it that “leg” look. Pretty cool idea, check out the video link below. SuperTed Walking Bike video, [via]
Ponoko 10 day challenge – puzzles
Nat @ CRAFT writes: Ponoko has a new 10 Day Design Challenge — this time on Puzzles! Create an intriguing and entertaining puzzle on a laser cutter within the next 10 days. Up to $5,000 in prizes are up for grabs! Photo above is by jared who created an edition of 100 puzzle kits. Find […]
Draw with Vectrex
Sebastian developed a method for displaying vector images on the classic Vectrex gaming console – A few days ago, i began working on a Max/MSP patch that lets one draw vector-based images. The images are output as text files containing relative co-ordinate pairs in such a way that they can be easily incorporated into Vectrex […]
MAKE on TV
QUEST TV wrote in to let us know they’ll be airing a segment on the tabletop biosphere project from MAKE volume 10. The story will air Tuesday at 7:30 pm on KQED 9 & KQED HD on Comcast 709 – you can also view it online @ QUEST’s website. Related: Make a Tabletop Biosphere – […]
