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Sean writes – “Engineers plant tongues firmly into cheeks making human powered vehicles that traverse land, sea, and mud. Intrepid reporter (and frequent sufferer of name collisions) Tom Jones documented the event well with vivid photographs and linked videos. And the famous “Fifi” rides again!” – Link.
Philo made a great wall following LEGO bot, he writes – “As a direct application to my GP2D12 distance sensor, I built this wall follower. Its base is the Constructopedia RoverBot, I only added a turret bearing the sensor. The trick here is to direct sensor beam 45° away to also detect walls in front […]
Leevonk has an Instructable on making your own fablab of sorts – A good way to make 3D plastic models easily.. You’ll need: an EGX-300 engraver machine (we will use it for milling). I saw it on ebay for $2000 at some point. If you buy from Roland, costs $5000 unless you’re using it for […]
Ark writes – “How to build a simple propeller toy from LEGO parts. This simple project only requires two parts: 1×2952 Propeller 2 Blade 9 Diameter 1×3708 Technic, Axle 12” – Link.
Erin writes – “This weekend, during the fabulous power tool races, was the incredible annual Kinetics Sculpture Challenge in Boulder, CO. These hand-made, human-powered crafts have to face an incredibly difficult over land-and-water-and-combinations-thereof course, which the fastest team completed in hour-and-a-half. Three-and-a-half hours later the last team to make it under the deadline drug their […]
If you saw our coverage of the Powertool drag races and you’re still hungry for more, Scott Beale from Laughing Squid has a ton – Link. Previous: Power tool drag races coverage – Link. Power tool drag races coverage video! – Link.
Whew! The Power Tool Drag races are intense – Metal, electricity, power tools and a lot of duct tape. Here’s the photo set so far (66 photos) – we’ll do a round up with more photos later! Link. Also – Direct link to MP4.
