The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
A team over at the University of Illinois’ SigArch computer architecture program have fitted a classic 1978 Bally Star Trek pinball machine with a camera, PC board, and relays in an attempt to an answrer the question, “What happens when the computer wants to play a real pinball game?” – A PIC18F452 on the circuit […]
Via Geekdad, a LEGO version of the Discovery from 2001 Space odyssey LDraw construction information included. Each pod bay door is held with magnets, nice touch! Related: Stargate: LEGO. HOW TO – Build a LEGO geodesic dome.
Steve @ Dinosaurs and Robots writes – I’m introducing my kids to the ancient sport of Unlimited Bicycle Hydroplane Street Racing. Traditionally, these boats were in built in July and August with wood scavenged from suburban construction sites and cobbled together by unsupervised kids who borrowed their dads tools and made their own fun. Traditional […]
You saw the video and here’s the PDF! Hack a retro gaming light gun with some tilt switches to control a vintage digital clock radio. After the alarm wakes you up, you can grab the gun and kill it off. Isn’t that what you’ve always dreamed of doing? Clock radios are everyday hated devices that […]
Blast your alarm clock with a classic Sega Light Phaser! Hack an old toy and your alarm clock to make this gratifying wake up call… MP4 Video | QT Video | Subscribe in iTunes. From the pages of MAKE – Project: Gun-Operated Alarm Clock – Hack a retro gaming light gun with tilt switches to […]
Monthenor writes – That’s a NES cartridge and a harmonica. I think you know where this is going. This is going exactly where the intersection of nostalgia and commercialism should have gone like ten freaking years ago. I’ve googled all sorts of combinations like “NES harmonica” and “nintendo harmonica” and “NES cartridge instrument” and I […]
The crazy steampunk machine – [via] Link
