Fun & Games

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

Arcade Chopper Project!

Arcade Chopper Project!

RetroBlast writes – “This builder is creating his own live action helicopter arcade game from scratch. The project began way back in 2003 and is still in progress, but when you see the level of detail being put into this game you will understand why.” – Link. Check out other examples of live action chopper […]

Make some Bamzookis!

Make some Bamzookis!

Don writes – “The BBC broadcasts a children’s program called Bamzooki! It’s built around “zooks” and competitions between them. The zooks are computer designed robots constructed by the audience using a downloadable from the site. The target audience is probably low teens but 8-80 might be more like it. One of the challenges is that […]

Pre-orders for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT

Pre-orders for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT can be pre-ordered in a couple weeks! – “Place your orders! Beginning Saturday, April 1, you can place an advance order to guarantee receipt of one of the highly anticipated new LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sets when they release in August. A limited quantity of NXT toolsets will be available for pre-order through […]

Making a one minute Machinima

Making a one minute Machinima

Chris & Becky from The Electric Sheep Company have a good how to on making your own Machinima – “One Minute Machinima are meant to open a window to the diverse activities enjoyed by avatars in Second Life. These videos can help draw new users into the world and help current residents discover fun things […]

Linux based, 24 monitor, Quake 3…

Linux based, 24 monitor, Quake 3…

Best.setup.ever from the gang at Plastk.net – “Here are some videos featuring Quake 3 Arena being played with a gyro mouse (the technology that the new Nintendo Revolution controller will be using) as well as a standard mouse. The resolution of the game is still 10240×3072 and runs on a 24-monitor Linux cluster here at […]