Fun & Games

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.

Woofers

Woofers

These little speakers, woofers, are headless dogs with speakers mounted inside of them. I wouldn’t really buy these, but it’s a neat idea if you happen to spot a couple pair of ceramic/plastic dogs at a thrift shop or garage sale and want to make your own… [via] – Link.

Rapid Products

Rapid Products

Regine over on We-Make-Money-Not-Art has a great round up of rapid prototyping from Ron Arad’s students of Design Product at RCA in London – “Rapid prototyping was developed as a way of producing prototypes for intricate medical and automotive components. A more accurate name for it is 3D printing, as it builds up objects layer […]

DIY PC Virtual impact suit

DIY PC Virtual impact suit

Spook8000 writes – “The PC Virtual Impact Suit takes in-game bullet hit events into real life physical impacts on player’s body. It currently supports the popular Half-Life 3D first-person-shooter game, and connects to the PC via a USB port. “ – Link. No idea if anyone built this, but an impact vest looks like a […]

I Am 8-Bit contest winners

I Am 8-Bit contest winners

The ten winners of the first annual retro art contest from IGN are up! – “April 10, 2006 – On March 14th, we issued a challenge to all of the aspiring artists reading IGN: create a piece of art inspired by the 8-bit era of videogaming, and you’ll have a shot at getting your creation […]