The Vienna chapter of Dorkbot did a video of their last meeting, focused on game machine hacking. The hacks range from refurbishing and computerizing an analog pinball machine, to an electric guitar casemod (the NES Paul), to making music with the Nintendo DS. The meeting takes place at Metalab, an amazing playground for hackers in […]
This looks interesting. It’s a kid focused tutorial on programing ruby. It’s on my list to learn a bit about ruby. If you’ve played with this, let me know what you think in the comments! – Link
We’ve added another one of our kits to our MAKE instructables group – Originally designed for the Maker Faire by Grand Idea Studio, the “Build Your Own Electronic Game Kit” is a custom-created kit intended to introduce you to the world of electronics and soldering. When successfully assembled, the kit becomes a version of the […]
This looks like something fun to do on a rainy afternoon. These are sold as “indoboards” on the market, but I will show you how to make your own at a fraction of the cost. Watch out for th carpet burns though! Surf The Carpet! -[via] Link.
Stanley tools made metal toys back in the 30’s – It would be great to see them re-release these… From Popular Science 1933 – Automobiles, houses, trolley cars, boats, bridges, forts, steam shovels, factories, doll furniture and hundreds of other things–build them with STANLO. And best of all, every piece in a STANLO set is […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Life on the Edge made a bronze Rubik’s cube, impossible to solve! – “A fully functional, reproduction of a Rubik’s Cube, hand cast in white bronze. It was cast in such a way as to have even shrinkage, but an unstable and rough surface. After being cast in bronze, and […]
John and Alec write – “This is a toy that my sister and I used to make and have races with. My Son just made one in about 10 minutes… Lots of fun !” – Link.
