Fun & Games

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

Future hack: Monopoly card reader

Future hack: Monopoly card reader

New versions of Monopoly will have a Visa branded card reader – that’s sorta interesting, but I’m guessing there is fun to be had with a cheap magstripe reader (assuming that’s what they’re using) we’ll see – Link. Related: MAKE 01 – Magnetic Stripe Reader – Link. Build a magstripe reader from scratch – Link.

Cricket controlled computer game

Cricket controlled computer game

Jonas writes – “Animal Controlled Computer Games is the graduation project from Wim van Eck, a study college and friend of mine. In his project he build a Pacman game, in that the player can play Pacman against real crickets, that controls the ghosts in the Pacman maze. By doing this he analyzes the advantages […]