Fun & Games

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.

A Broken Pinky Won’t Stop Him: Teen Builds Custom Minecraft Controller

When a broken pinky left 13-year-old Seamus unable to play video games, he and his father built a custom controller with an Altoids tin.

“A badge of honor for magicians is to have created their own effects, their own illusions.”

Makeblock founder, Jasen Wang, talks about the growing role of the Maker Movement in China.

You can make your own foosball table for about $5. All you need is cardboard, dowels, glue, and a marble or ping pong ball.

A skeleton on a swing is one thing, but a skeleton that can swing all by itself is a truly worthy Maker’s Halloween project.

This unassuming coffee table transforms into a tabletop arcade machine with just a touch of a button.

Maker Simone Giertz creates a ridiculous, impractical, yet awesome motorized helmet that brushes her teeth. Sorta.