The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Wow – ultracompact smiley bicycle spoke POV! Designer Moritz Waldemeyer has created Joyrider, a product that creates illuminated smiley faces on rotating bicycle wheels. Joyrider consists of two electronic devices that clip onto wheel spokes. They measure the speed of rotation and emit LED light to create the illusion of a stationary smiley face as […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool These fine amphibious machines you see above were made viewable by the work of Megulon5 as part of his ’07 expedition. It seems unusual mutations of the bicycling variety are commonplace for members of Portland’s “C.H.U.N.K. 666” – C.H.U.N.K. 666 is a bicycle club and civic betterment society based in […]
We’re not exactly sure how someone managed to stuff an NES inside a tennis shoe, but it’s got to be one of the coolest hacks to this retro gaming system that we’ve seen. Let’s just hope that there’s no toe jam on your Metroid cartridge. [via], Link
The “Mouseboy” by Aaron Myradon, is a fully functional optical Nintendo Gameboy mouse. The “A” and “B” buttons on the device function as right and left clicks. Pretty nice hack although we wonder if this gives you worse RSI than a standard mouse. Original Gameboy Mouse – Link
There seems to be a never-ending stream of Rock Band mods out there. This one, however, is a bit stranger than the rest. Kevin is able to control the pedal trigger using only his voice and some beatbox skillz. – Link Related: RockBand Drums Controlling GarageBand –Link Rock Band drum dampening tutorial – Link
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