The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
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 […]
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.
Another quiet PC build, this one is a home theater – “There are a lot of Digital Video Recorders on the market right now, some cable and satellite companies will give you one with their service for a small fee. Unfortunately, most of them come with low amounts of storage, sometimes only 20 or 30 […]
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 – […]
