The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Andrea sent in this awesome pedal powered tennis ball launcher! This is a chimera tennis ball cannon made from a bike that you can pedal. It is both cleanly powered and built from recycled bicycles. It allows players varying in skill levels to practice to be better at both tennis and cycling. The launcher is […]
One of the more interesting variations on the steampunk theme has been Steam Wars, a vision of the Star Wars universe through a Victorian lens. In this vein, there’s now a Steam-Wars LEGO contest, announced on the LEGO Star Wars forum FBTBForums. The contest runs through January and the first place winner gets an AT-AP […]
Here’s something that had never occurred to me: organizing your LEGO brick collection by creating same-size blocks/stacks and then just removing the number you need during a build. Kind of obvious, but… How to organize your Lego bricks for efficient building – Link
Simple retro mod, a DIY Cobra Commander USB drive… Link. Spotted @ the “JoeCustoms” site, a community devoted to customizing GI Joes.
Great idea, a toy hacking workshop! If anyone goes to this in London let us know – Donรขโฌโขt know what to do with those spare toys lying around post-Christmas season? This workshop just might be the thing for you. After a successful Pimp my Gadget workshop in Budapest, we have the pleasure of having Adam […]
Here’s a modded DOOM that plays Super Mario, fun!
Here’s a nice project on how to add some sparkle to your classic Wii controller with some LEDs to make it look more like the Wiimote. Classic Wii Controller LED Mod – Link, [via]
