The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Here’s a proposal from Clickable Culture on making a real life version of Super Mario cart – this could be accomplished with Shopper Chopper and Roomba control hacks – Link. Related: Made on Earth. Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a shopping cart go-kart, the “Solar Death Ray,” a demolished house sculpture, a […]
Extremetech shows you how to make a quieter PC – “Killer gaming rigs are one thing, but we’re getting a little weary of the noise a lot of these high-end systems make. So we set out to build a high-performance, but quiet, gaming system…” – [via] Link.
This movie was made entirely in Second Life, and every object you see was made by a person, even the cameras are scriptable objects. There’s a lot of machinima and DIY film making going on, so if you’re interested with what’s possible with this “tool” of sorts check it out. I really want to play […]
Shawn Bonkowski sent in these wonderful photos and write up from the Floor It! project that he developed with Mike Albers – Link. Idea/Problem/Context The idea was to create a compelling competitive experience for boys 7-10 years old. We were interested in creating a bridge between physical and virtual play. The solution needed to be […]
We love SketchUp – at Macworld 2006 we gave it “Best of Show” and on Pi day 3/14 (ironic!) they were acquired by Google – congrats gang! Link. Download the free trial here and get making! – Link. Pictured here, a very cool house drawing from Alvaro Carnicero from the “Sketchup” tag on Flickr – […]
Great write up and links to a lot of fun (and free) games – “Each year some of the hottest independent games are featured at the Independent Games Festival (IGF) during the Game Developers Conference. GDC kicks off next week, and we’ll be there in full force. But before things get heavy, GameSpy and FilePlanet […]
Lik-Sang has a review of a $14 Xbox 360 to PC memory transfer kit – “For those of you who think 64 Megs is just not enough, we have today received stock of the Memory Transfer Kit from Datel for Xbox 360.” – Link. $5 DIY version – Link.
