Homemade Ms Pacman cocktail cabinet
Christian sent in his homemade Ms Pacman cocktail cabinet, check out the 10 pages of build photos! – Link.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Figure mods at ComicCon ’07
Cory Doctorow posted (to Boing Boing) an image and link to his Flickr set of photos he took at ComicCon of action figure modders and their cool creations. Action figures set – Link Related: Mashing up your own action figures – Link Hand-made action figures… made LIVE! – Link
Bicycle-powered welder
Mike writes – An inertia friction welder powered by a bicycle. Built in 2 months and at a cost of รยฃ302. Finished and run for the first time at around 6pm GMT, Saturday 15th December. Thanks go to Andy for the welding, Steevo for the machining, Martin for grafting, Greg for filming and squeaking, Graeme […]
Head tracking with the Wiimote
Really well-done basic introduction to how a Wiimote and Wii sensor bar can be used to create a head tracking system for VR worlds and games. Pretty impressive. Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote – Link
Metro-Wardrive creates game levels from city access points
Here’s an interesting take on urban gaming. “Metro-Wardrive” is an adaptive game that changes its level information according to the environment of the player in an urban center. All local SSIDs are turned into enemies which try to capture your “wardrive-cristal”. Really cool idea for a portable game that will never give you the same […]
Bodging battery adapters
How to adapt existing batteries you may have to battery sizes you need. Instant Battery Adaptors – AA -> D , C -> D with rechargables NiMH and LiPo – Link
Top 5 USB missile launchers
In the spirit of the season… oh wait, it’s PEACE on Earth, not Peacekeepers… Anyhoo, here is Hacked Gadgets’ list of the best USB-based missile launcher projects out there. “The missiles are flying. Hallelujah, Hallelujah!” Top 5 Hacked Missile Launchers – Link
