Cory Doctorow posted (to Boing Boing) an image and link to his Flickr set of photos he took at ComicCon of action figure modders and their cool creations. Action figures set – Link Related: Mashing up your own action figures – Link Hand-made action figures… made LIVE! – Link
How to adapt existing batteries you may have to battery sizes you need. Instant Battery Adaptors – AA -> D , C -> D with rechargables NiMH and LiPo – Link
In the spirit of the season… oh wait, it’s PEACE on Earth, not Peacekeepers… Anyhoo, here is Hacked Gadgets’ list of the best USB-based missile launcher projects out there. “The missiles are flying. Hallelujah, Hallelujah!” Top 5 Hacked Missile Launchers – Link
Here’s a fascinating project over at SparkFun where they took one of the Munny “DIY” vinyl toys and embedded a Logomatic datalogger (with its LPC2138 MCU), a Nokia screen clone, and an accelerometer inside. The idea is to use the device as a sort of 21st century Magic 8-Ball, dubbed the Sinister 7. Pete, the […]
MAKE: Blog pal, and author of Robodance, Robert Oschler, is in the process of updating this free Robosapien control program so that it can also work with the new Tomy i-Sobot, using the IR connection on the robot and the Nintendo Wii remote controller (Wiimote). This video offers a sneak peak of Robodance 4’s capabilities. […]
Evil Mad Scientist Labs have put up a gift guide to their offerings, basically their LED Readerboards, the amazing LED coffee tables, and these new stickers: These handy stickers will increase the visual appeal of many different items. If you happen to take them to any big box electronics stores, please bring your camera and […]
di Frankie writes – The latest issue of our hobby magazine has just been released in Italian newstands. A really cool news is the new Hitech Mavin Robot. I first saw this little bot during last Nuremberg Toy Fair and seems that it’s finally been releasead in the European market. What I like of this […]
