The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Jason made a DIY space invaders clock using propeller-generated video on a vintage Sony tv, he writes- I started out today with the goal of just displaying the time digitally, but I got sidetracked with the idea of representing the time with icons instead. I ended up going with this spacer invaders concept, using the […]
Showering + Tetris – Link.
I’ve only been to Burningman once and I couldn’t help but look at things as electronics projects and kits – one of projects “playaflies” consisted of LEDs inside ping pong balls and then attached to wires/PVC pipe, at night when attached to a bicycle they take on the movement of the rider as they move […]
Chris writes – Hey Maker Community, most of us have a fond memory of Lego as children, here’s a site to rekindle that blockly love! Here’s a step by step, one simple method to creating your own Lego mosaics. I take you from raw image, through to sourcing the bricks and then final assembly. Any […]
TVeditor writes – A soothingly quiet trike driven by a 7-ft., pedal-powered propeller. I spend a month a year working on a commercial fishing boat with a loud diesel engine, and the greatest sound in the world is to hear it turn off. Recumbent trike built from aircraft-supply cro-moly tubing and salvaged bike parts. Prop […]
Imagitronics writes – When I first set out to learn electronics several months ago, the first kit that I assembled was the Velleman Pong kit, available at ThinkGeek and numerous other online retailers. I knew right away that some day I would find a way to mod this kit and make it my own. A […]
Dan writes – It was a dark and stormy night…and the 3-watt generator lamp was sporadic, cutting out altogether each time a whiff of snow happened to come between its roller and the tire. “There’s got to be something better,” the mad cyclist thinks to himself as he squints to make out the faint halo […]
