The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
This mod project shows how to power a Xbox 360 using an old PC power supply. Especially handy if you have multiple copies of the gaming consoles and don’t want to shell out the big bucks for the official Microsoft supplies. 360 Powered By PC PSU
It’s spring and that means one thing: Peep War! (ah… at least at our house). Peep War is one of the free print and play games from Invisible City. You download the rules, hex tiles, and jelly bean counter stand-ins (if you don’t have jelly beans). And you need those grotesquely delicious springtime confections marshmallow […]
On Dinosaurs + Robots, Mister Jalopy wrote about this sweet 1940s gas-powered model racer: Starting in the 1920’s, well before radio control cars, hobbyists built and raced nitro burning model cars tethered to a center point like an old Cox airplane. Eventually, there was a commercial market of such size that small manufacturers like Duro-Matic […]
Opening up an Eyeclops video magnifier reveals an unusual detail. Apparently the designers thought the included SMD circuit was so unimpressive that an enlarged, printed version was necessary – or maybe they were just really excited about magnification in general? Either way, mounting a standoff directly onto a crystal oscillator is generally not advisable. [via] […]
You may have read about it in our recent Made in Japan post – but now Korg’s DS-10 Synthesizer/sequencer/drum machine is headed for an international release! From the DS10blog [via] – For those of you out there wondering the release of DS-10 other than Japan, well, here’s a good news. YES, we will release DS-10 […]
Quick, simple and handy Instructable on using bike tubes to store batteries – also good to check out, 1,000+ uses of bike tubes. Related: Bike tube rubber bands, a one minute project, bike tube rubber bands. HOW TO – Bicycle Frame Protection. Clever instructable for protecting and camouflaging your bike using an old innertube…
With no new song downloads for Guitar Hero on the Wii (as of yet), what to do with that controller once all that ‘rawk’ has grown tired? Jason writes – This posting describes a project in which the author gets an Arduino reading input from a Wii Guitar Hero guitar. Included is a function library […]
