The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
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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]
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
Commercial microlight systems for LEGO projects. Lifelites [via]
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 […]
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]
