Lego Hoth Chess Set
Ben built this impressive Hoth-themed Lego Star Wars chess set.
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Piranha Plant Circuit Board Keychain
This Piranha plant circuitboard keychain lights up when you plug it into a USB port.
Pancake Bot Survives Maker Faire… But Not the Flight Home
Miguel Valenzuela’s Pancake Bot survived Maker Faire… but not the flight back home to Norway.
Android-Controlled Mindstorms Plotter
Eason Ke’s NXT Painter, a LeJOS-controlled plotter, draws whatever the user draws on the screen of an Android device. Code here. [via The NXT Step]
LEGO Record Player
Though not entirely LEGO, this faithful reproduction from Canadian maker Ryan Alexander does play actual vinyl (though heavily garbled) and performs well enough to show the proof of concept.
Computer AI Lego Hands
I love these cool robot hands! Simon Liu built them as part of Iron Builder. He also has a couple of other poses including this sweet one. [Thanks, Rosie!]
More Lego Great Ball Contraption Action
We’ve covered akiyuky’s GBC work before. Here’s a recently posted video of a 17 module GBC running 500 balls over a 31m path that took over 600 hours to complete. Make sure you’ve got the seven minutes or so to watch this video, because it is mesmerizing.
