The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Raul Aguaviva made this connection between his DS and printer to control its stepper motor. He updates the script over the DSs wireless connection. All it needs now is to be able to read PostScript, and you’ve got a wireless printer!
This homebrew paraplane called the “Black Rainbow”, functions as a payload lifter and spybot by carrying a 120 gram, 5 mega-pixel digital camera. Some pretty detailed info on its construction at the link below. Just make sure your neighbors know what you are up to before setting it loose. Black Rainbow Homebuilt Parafoil
The gaming minifig painting site Cool Mini or Not has created what looks like an awesome 400-page e-book guide to sculpting, painting, converting, basing, and photographing miniatures. There’s even a scenery section. I didn’t buy and download the actual book, but the free sample section and TOC are impressive. The PDF is $9.95. The Ultimate […]
Now, these might not be the best clickety-clack dampeners for the Rock Band drums, but they sure will keep the dust off of them! To me they have a sort of 8-bit aesthetic because of the resolution of the crocheted stitches. And for you non-crocheters out there, they’re for sale on Etsy. (Thanks, Matt!) Related: […]
Why didn’t they have this when I was a kid? Moov has to be one of the best, and imaginative, toys out there. I wonder how long it will be until some little kid comes up a few hacks for the Moov? Make sure to check out the Moov website, because the video isn’t a […]
Adam sent word of this interesting piece – A physical manifestation add-on for a first-person-shooter game, Riley C Harmon’s “What it is without the hand that wields it” – Custom electronics based on an Atmega8/168 micro-controller are connected to a PC running a dedicated Counter-strike Source server. Players across the internet can connect and play […]
Starting a band and writing an album’s worth of songs with your own MIDI control scheme is cool. Using video game controllers as your interface is very cool. Doing all that with a fresh style that people can actually get into – that’s pretty much unheard of! The San Francisco Guardian describes them – Like […]
