How-To: “Maxi” Bending Brake
We saw the mini version last Wednesday. Now meet its big brother!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
MAKE Confetti Party with Kinect/Box2D Mashup
For the upcoming Vancouver Mini Maker Faire fundraiser party tonight, Vincent van Haaff made a fun confetti party with openFrameworks.
Lego Robots Used to Build Artificial Bone
Cambridge scientists talk about using Lego Mindstorms NXT robots to create artificial bone. Why spring for budget-busting professional gear when you can make a perfectly usable robot in minutes using a $280 set? [via The NXT Step.]
Contact-Free Jukebox Plays Tunes without Touching
As a toy for his daugher Anna, Dominick created this RFID enabled contact-free jukebox so that Anna can choose her tunes by placing a card near the front of the device. Like David Harris’s Charlie’s Bear, this fine project uses an Arduino, an RFID reader, and a Wave Shield (among a few other components).
Alt.SXSW: Tron Light Cycles Realized
Sean got a chance to play frog design’s physical realization of the classic Tron light cycle duel at today’s Dorkbot SXSW Create event in Austin. Click through for photo and video of the game and details about how it works.
Alt.GDC: Developing Skylanders’ Innovative “Portal of Power”
Finishing up his GDC coverage, Blake Maloof sits down with some of the developers of the Skylanders’ “Portal of Power,” which started out life with sink and toilet plumbing parts!
Lego Mindstorms NXT Beer Machine
NXT1engineer‘s remote controlled Beer Machine twists off bottle caps and trundles the beer into a mini cooling unit, which chills the brewski to -9 degrees C. [via The NXT Step]
