The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Randy made his own version of the Bristlebot, but with a speaker and pull cord. Excellent, and with renewable propulsion! I like the little resistor antlers/feelers – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a Bristlebot a tiny directional vibrobot made from a toothbrush! – Link. Bristlebot racing snail – Link.
This Lego Unicycle Robot balances on one wheel and uses RCX Lego Mindstorms bricks with 4 sensors and three tires to maintain its balance. It stays upright by directly powering the wheel. Really nice video above of the whole thing in action. Yet Another LegWay – [via]
Regine @ we make money not art on Design Interactions Chris Woebken and Kenichi Okada’s “Animal superpowers” – Animals have senses beyond human experience, they instinctively feel approaching tsunamis through low frequencies, communicate through pheromones or can navigate through magnetic fields. Students of Design Interactions Chris Woebken and Kenichi Okada, in collaboration with MBA students […]
This version of the classic game “Breakout” allows two people to play at once. The players can compete against each other or work collaboratively to eliminate all the bricks. Accelerometers in the controllers move the paddles horizontally across the screen. Check out the circuit diagrams and more on the link below. Super Breakout – Link
The video starts out a little slow , but the end result using the coffee cup works well. I can’t suggest using your prized vinyl records for this experiment, but I am sure you have a few you wouldn’t mind trashing. – Link Related: Homemade way of cutting / recording records using a turntable and […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Nick shares his remedy for sneaker draftiness – Biking in NYC winters can be very cold and windy. It’s easy to wear a million layers on almost every body part, but we can’t usually add layers to our feet. The solution: wind-proof toes, made from dead innertubes Reusing bicycle waste […]
Pretty nice how-to on building an old-school arcade machine. This one uses a CRT monitor to make it really authentic, but we assume that the LCD version would probably take a lot less fortification. Build Your Own Arcade Machine – Link
