The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
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 […]
Mark and Juliette McLean bicycled their way from Liverpool to Australia. The trip took almost 2 1/2 years to complete and they traveled over 24,000 km. During the trip Mark charged his laptop and batteries via his bicycle. It is a great solution for his mobile power needs. To keep the lights on and the […]
Pictures from Kenya and Ghana of toys made from scrap metal, tins, wire, and pieces of leather via Boing Boing Gadgets.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member Mister Biggs scored a $30 wireless camera/receiver combo (cheap enough to put into harm’s way) and integrated it into into his first stab at a live-video-transmitting rocket. His description – Estes Canadian Arrow upgraded to accept E class engines, 1-inch fin extensions to increase stability, Kevlar shock cords for […]
PingMag brings us an interview with Dana Gordon and Jean-Baptiste Labrune of Mediamatic on how to make hybrid toys. The Dutch Mediamatic centre is known for connecting the physical world with the digital. So, a couple of weeks ago, they held a Hybrid Toys Workshop to teach people how to make physical toys with digital […]
