The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Steve Lodefink, not one to rest on his past hacks (have you ever sat on a plasma beam weapon?), has revisited his two-minute lightsaber project and come up with something far cooler (and a bit more involved) than that quickie effort. These would be really fun for kids to play with (and by kids, I […]
Dave writes – I saw your posting about bikes that make noise, and thought I’d draw your attention to the Soundcycles exhibition at InterAccess in Toronto right now. Two bike projects that make noise! The Warbike makes music from WiFi networks, details here and a radio interview about it here. The Soundbike laughs as you […]
From AfriGadget comes this item about a solar-powered donkey-drawn farm utility vehicle with 21st century extras: The HAPV (Advertised as HAPPY) is a twist on the ‘horse and buggy’ mode of transportation, making this a donkey, cart, solar panel on a canopy FUV (Farm Utility Vehicle) that is quite ingenious and absolutely AfriGadget. A donkey […]
Stylish and functional, a 1957 Huffy radio bike. I suppose a modern version would have an iPod… [via] Link. Related: Ultra-light/ultra-efficient pimped-out bike stereo system – Link. DIY Bike stereo – Link. i-Ride Bicycle stereo system – Link. From the pages of MAKE 11: Long Live the Bicycle by Saul Griffith in Making Trouble. Everything […]
Gijs Gieskes is a Dutch hacker and circuit-bender who’s built this automated kaleidoscope machine with interchangeable optics barrels. He uses it to create visuals for his GameBoy music concerts. Camera Sequencer 1 – [via] Link
The folks at Wild Planet saw Jake Hildebrandt’s head-mounted display hack and our item here and posted the following contest offer to our Comments: Thanks to Jake, for the great hack! So sorry the website is out of stock. Our engineering group has a bin of extra headsets (pre-production samples, engineering test units, etc.) we’d […]
Jake Hildebrandt, best known for his steampunk mods (and his pugilistic arch-rivalry with fellow gentleman fabricator Jake von Slatt) has put up a piece on turning a Wild Planet toy video display into a head-mounted display for any typical video source (VCR. DVD, iPod, etc). $25 Head-Mounted Display – Link
