The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
At the GDC Nintendo gave out advanced copies of “Brain Age” for the Nintendo DS – I love this “game” – everyone here has been playing it non-stop – “Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS is a fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy, as it helps players flex their […]
Hungry_Myst writes – “…basic steps to modify your SNES controller to connect to your computer via the parallel port.” – Link.
Nice Make! – “You can’t get more simple than the Galvanic Skin Response GSR sensor. It is just a cut 9V LEGO motor wire and some aluminum foil wrapped around your fingers with tape. I was inspired by talks by Mindfest panelists Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich who talked about using this type of sensor.” […]
At the game developer conference GDC 2006, they handed out DVDs with this dev kit for the Xbox 360, but you can download too – “The XNA Framework is an exciting new development and execution environment which will allow game developers to more easily create games which run on the Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 […]
Peter writes – “Boy, what a day: Metroid Hunters, AND a vintage-style Tracker sequencer / sample player / sampler music app for DS. NitroTrack runs via most homebrew hardware solutions for the Nintendo DS, and takes advantage of the DS’ unique features: tracker interfaces, normally a pain to use, become a joy with a stylus […]
RetroBlast writes – “This builder is creating his own live action helicopter arcade game from scratch. The project began way back in 2003 and is still in progress, but when you see the level of detail being put into this game you will understand why.” – Link. Check out other examples of live action chopper […]
Don writes – “The BBC broadcasts a children’s program called Bamzooki! It’s built around “zooks” and competitions between them. The zooks are computer designed robots constructed by the audience using a downloadable from the site. The target audience is probably low teens but 8-80 might be more like it. One of the challenges is that […]
