The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Inventgeek has the start of a DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) dance pad – can be used with the free/open source Stepmania we’ve posted about before – Link. Related: StepMania: A DIY Dance Dance Revolution – Link. $10 Kraft dance pad hacking – Link. Disassembly / modification of Kraft GamePad – Link. Use your feet to […]
FrankG writes – “Here some more adventures with the “Electric Bike” project, this installment covers upgrades for extended range, road tires and a small rant on cheap electronics…” – Link. Previous: Electric bicycle (part 1) – Link. Electric bicycles – Link.
Lanezga writes – “Polaris is a lamp for shared rooms that can vary the light intensity by changing it’s height depending on the needs of the users. The three lower cylinders have three light bulbs and their intensity can be changed by pulling or pushing the three upper cylinders. Them three can work independently depending […]
MAKE friend Sammy Joe from fredflare gave us the scoop that all the 36 winners have been announced for their 2nd annual “Next Big Thing” contest. Tons of cool stuff are on display made by crafters we adore such as The Small Object, Sublime Stitching, and One Good Bumblebee. Even comedienne Amy Sedaris is in […]
Scissorman writes – “Bored at work? Build your own 3″ trebuchet out of paperclips and throw balls of blu-tac up to an amazing 4 feet. WOW!!” – Link.
Jen writes – “Use a common crochet chain method to shorten your ipod earbud cord to a more manageable length without tangling or damaging the cord.” – Link. Related: Cablebone – Link. Tons and tons of knots – Link.
MAKE reader Ronal has some pages describing using an old laptop LCD screen as DIY LCD monitor, I’m not exactly sure where/what converter and inverter is being used (and how much it was) but – this is one of the most asked “DIY” mods folks want to do, so – perhaps we can figure out […]
