The folks who make the Pleo (Ugobe) released a Valentine’s day behavior for the robo-dino, here’s a quick video of what it does (says it loves you, blows kisses, etc) & here’s where to download it. Related: I, Pleo – Link. [AiboHack] Babe the Pleo (YAPT) – Link. Hack the Pleo robotic dinosaur new dev […]
One of my favorite makers has a review of the Eyeclops, a super magnifying camera @ the Cockeyed Science Club. This looks like a great tool for makers for all sorts of things … Link.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Oil Heat and Bolivian Cults – The origins of some great retro toys. I like the story behind the erector set – Because of the market pressures of World War I, the United States Council of National Defense was considering a ban on toy manufacturing. Amazingly, one manรขโฌโขs impassioned speech successfully stopped […]
Wonderful video reenactment of the Batman Dark Knight trailer in LEGOs. The Dark Knight Trailer IN LEGO!!! – Link
Keith Lam (a.k.a. The Demos) created a real life Mario game installation called “Moving Mario”. The video shows the artwork and describes a lot about the creation process. It would have been a lot easier to use parallax scrolling of the background, but the point is you actually MOVE Mario, not the background…and a moving […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Woah! Steve finished his LED Blaster and it looks incredible, He even posted an instructable for the project. Truly a top notch job. LED Blaster on Flickr-Link Make an LED Blaster on Instructables – Link Related: Homebrew Toy Blaster –Link
Here’s a good one for those looking to learn more about microcontroller projects and PIC chips more specifically. This clone of the Tengu sound visualizer runs a mini-game upon startup – created as a birthday gift for the author’s sister. The project is thoroughly explained even through a language barrier: its usage is very easy. […]
