The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
From Flickr: I made this using the lost wax casting process with an organic burnout. The material is silicon bronze. The original sleeve for the Pez broke, so I cannibalized parts from another dispenser: Simba from the Lion King. The hole in the body resulted from an incomplete casting of the thin part; probably could […]
Another nice NES hack that turns the old cartridges and controller into a portable MP3 player / boombox to take on the road. NES Controller MP3 Player Sports Functional Cartridge Speaker [via]
The phantom Keystroker would be fairly easy to spot plugged into your computer, but the results would be fun to watch. Maybe a remake is in order, especially if you can make it smaller, and easier to conceal. The Phantom Keystroker may look like a harmless circuit board, but it’s actually a devious contraption of […]
This is a pretty cool Arduino to WiiMote NunChuck hack from Jeremy Keith to control 3D visuals in Processing on an iMac. Simple but effective. Arduino WiiMote Hack
In the quest for ‘ultimate tone’ many designs have been attempted, but few know the musical potential held within an old game console such as the above NESpaul & Dream-tele-Cast-er. Seriously, these makers have gone to impressive lengths in order to convert classic plastic enclosures into instrument bodies (which could be a blasphemous process to […]
Nice “News from the Future” from BBC, a legal battle over a Warcraft ‘bot’. It will be interesting to read the verdict! The makers of World of Warcraft are locked in a legal battle with a firm that has produced a tool to automate many actions in the virtual world. Blizzard is suing Michael Donnelly, […]
MAKE pals and MAKE alum (Bre!) started a cool hacker collective called “NYC Resistor” – they’re not just sitting around drinking Club Mate (there isn’t any yet) — they have a ton of cool classes starting April 5th! In particular, this one looks awesome – writing Gameboy code! Have you ever wanted to make a […]
