One of our makers Brian “DoctaBu” Moore IM’ed and said he was going to make a wireless Wii bar, and wireless Wii bar is what was made, he writes – “With just a bit of perf board, a few cables, some skillful soldering, four AA batteries, and a few IR LEDs, one can easily make […]
Casey @ brains-N-brawn.com (one of my favorite sites) reminds us that if you’re a developer you can write off the purchase for gaming gear… – “this vid of an XNA racer demo gave me goose bumps. and don’t forget that XNA is the developers excuse for writing off 360 and HDTV purchases …” – Link. […]
Randofo show you how to make a nice PIC based bear… – “Have you ever wanted a teddy bear that looks like Frankenstein and makes sounds like “bleep bleep bloooop de de bleep…. EHHHHHHHHHH…… dadadadadadadododododod bleep bleep bloop”? Look no farther, you have found it! Now you can perform the nights away with your new […]
Turn your fridge into a Rube Goldberg display! – “If you’re old enough to remember the classic game of Mousetrap you’ll undoubtedly recall its crazily addictive, cartoon-esque maze of chutes, funnels, tunnels and ramps with great affection. Watching a marble meander through a series of improbable obstacles was strangely mesmerizing. And it’s just one of […]
Temporary Tattoos are always a big hit with kids, but the designs usually aren’t that great – here’s a tattoo kit for kits so they can make their own (or just use the stencils) – It looks like it’s a pen with a motor, so you could make your own too… “Open up your very […]
I-Wei @ Crabfu SteamWorks is expanding steam power to more than just bots! Here’s a Jensen #5 electrically heated steam engine + Bandai Spacewarp game – Link. Related: Gakken Steam Engine car kit (video) – Link. Steam bicycles – Link. The Darby Steam-Digger – Link. Steam bicycles – Link. Building live steam locomotives in 1/8 […]
The Rock paper scissor championships were this weekend, but there isn’t any word on who won… NPR has an interview with one of the pros competing to check out for now… – “Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper and paper beats rock. But rock, paper, scissors is not just a children’s game. Jason Simmons, a […]
