The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
I have to admit, when I got email from our pal Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, announcing that he’d penned a little ditty about Pleo the robot dino pet, I thought I might puke. But harsh truths be told, I’ve been humming the damn thing all morning! Catchy kids fare. Okay, maybe I did throw up […]
There’s tabletop miniature wargaming, and then there’s housewide miniature wargaming, a.k.a. certifiable insanity. I wonder if these guys ever get out of the house? Oh wait, they *have* to get out of the house, they have no place to eat, sleep, entertain, etc. BTW: Terrain insanity of this caliber doesn’t have to be a time […]
G4’s Attack of the show just posted up a giant set of giant arcade, it’s over 15 feet tall and has a 70 inch screen! – [via] Link.
A fuel cell-powered remotely piloted aircraft buzzed quietly into the morning sky in a park near Van Nuys, Calif., August 25. The unorthodox flight was a triumph of collegiate innovation made possible by a nurturing program at California State University Los Angeles and a boost from NASA’s Academic Investments Office and the Air Force Office […]
Tristan Roddis of blog.cogapp.com writes: Following the great instructions from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, I built one, and then reprogrammed the chip to create a crude persistence of vision device, which could then be velcroed onto my spokes for use as a propaganda tool during the Critical Mass bike ride. Hardware hacking – the next […]
This MacGyver wannabe fashioned a reportedly decent-sounding speaker from little more than a magnet, wire, a plastic cup and LEGO parts. How To Make a Speaker – [via] Link
This version of the mega hit game “Guitar Hero” lets you punk out with your own accordion. That’s just the kind of impetus I need to fashion my own version of the game like “Recorder Hero”, “Ukulele Hero”, “Castanet Hero”, ahh the possibilities are endless. Still, it’s a nicely done game mod. Spiele – Accordian […]
