The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
This week is E3, so in the spirit of gaming, we’re going to do a bit of gaming coverage, of things not at E3, MAKE style, like this video from our very own Brian Jepson showing off the Vectrex, one of the most stunning systems in the history of gaming – integrated monitor, analog joystick […]
Philo made a great wall following LEGO bot, he writes – “As a direct application to my GP2D12 distance sensor, I built this wall follower. Its base is the Constructopedia RoverBot, I only added a turret bearing the sensor. The trick here is to direct sensor beam 45° away to also detect walls in front […]
Leevonk has an Instructable on making your own fablab of sorts – A good way to make 3D plastic models easily.. You’ll need: an EGX-300 engraver machine (we will use it for milling). I saw it on ebay for $2000 at some point. If you buy from Roland, costs $5000 unless you’re using it for […]
Ark writes – “How to build a simple propeller toy from LEGO parts. This simple project only requires two parts: 1×2952 Propeller 2 Blade 9 Diameter 1×3708 Technic, Axle 12” – Link.
Tony has a great Xbox controller controller project! – “What is this? It’s a system that will allow basically anything that can talk udp to control an Xbox. Why would you want to do this? I have no idea. I have my reasons, maybe you have some too. How this works: The XBOX buttons are […]
Here is some homebrew code that will allow you to play Tic Tac Toe on a DS (touchscreen) and also over WiFi -with-a-PSP! Excellent homebrewing! [via] – Link.
Alexei writes – “One day I was making a simple little elastic gun to shoot Lego blocks and I thought to myself, “it would be cooler if it had some kind of trigger.” The next thing I knew, I was involved in a competition with my own self – I tried to imagine the most […]
