The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Ryan made his own retro-pixel cookie cutters and churned out a fresh batch o’ aliens. He seems to be a little wary of eating them tho, since the cutter shapes were assembled using solder. Yeah, probably a good idea to avoid all known lead content in food – but hey, […]
Embisys has an Internet connected LEGO robot. What makes this a little different is the Nokia cell phone, which passes all the data via a mobile packet data service to an Ajax based web page. It can send pictures & receive commands anywhere there is a cellular signal. TeMo is a tele-operated mobile Internet robot. […]
Here’s a creepy cool Predator bust made from LEGO by Mister Zumbi – [via] Link. Related: LEGO from the pages of MAKE – Link. LEGO archives – Link.
Helge made an interesting LEGO clock that uses ping-pong balls and Lego Technic to keep track of time. One thing that makes this clock different from the rest, is his way of transporting the balls to the top of the clock. Every minute a fan starts up and blows a new ball from the reservoir […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Woah! Steve finished his LED Blaster and it looks incredible, He even posted an instructable for the project. Truly a top notch job. LED Blaster on Flickr-Link Make an LED Blaster on Instructables – Link Related: Homebrew Toy Blaster –Link
For its price, the Rock Band drum kit is a pretty good set of electronic pads. That is – if you can actually use it out-of-game. Chris shows us how this can be on OS X with only 2 pieces of software and minimal config time. RockBand Drums Controlling GarageBand –Link Related: Rock Band drum […]
Here’s a good one for those looking to learn more about microcontroller projects and PIC chips more specifically. This clone of the Tengu sound visualizer runs a mini-game upon startup – created as a birthday gift for the author’s sister. The project is thoroughly explained even through a language barrier: its usage is very easy. […]
