The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
If you want to play your own movies on your Nintendo Wii, here are some settings that seem to work. Jack writes – “As it turns out, the Wii can play home movies as well as show pictures from your digital camera. The only trick is to get the movie in the right format, which […]
Peter writes – “Your readers might want to check out this bizarre home-made bicycle that looks like it was made to cruise on the sand. The frame looked like it was made from several frames and the wheels had a full car-sized inner tube and two rims & hubs per wheel.” – Link. Related: Bikes […]
Pridkett writes – “The Nintendo Wii ships with a composite video cable that is capable of 480i resolution. Currently first party component cables, which allow for 480p resolution, are available through retailers and directly from Nintendo. However, when attaching the component cables, one loses the ability to output composite video. Why is this an issue? […]
Daniel writes – “It is possible to cast molten metal in a plastic mould. Even in a _LEGO_ mould. You just have to pick the right metal.” – Link. Related: LEGO projects @ MAKE – Link. Lead figure moldmaking and casting… – Link. Microwave Melting of Metals – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Moldmaking. […]
I’d wait until they ship, but you can pre-order the DS Motion Card homebrew DS development, source and example code on the site… “The DS Motion Card is a revolutionary motion sensor for the DS and DS Lite handheld gaming systems. It contains a 3-axis accelerometer and a single-axis gyroscope, and plugs into the DS […]
I’m not sure where most of these photos are from (post if you know in the comments) but it’s a pretty good collection of chopper bikes – Link. Related: Bicycles @ MAKE – Link. Chopper Bikes – Link.
Some good ones from Modern Mechanix… This game featured in Popular Science 1937 didn’t catch on… – Link. Homemade auto-camera catches thief, Popular Science 1940 – Link. Milk powered, Modern Mechanix 1938 – Link.
