The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
KGroce of Tennessee wrote in to share this sweet projector, built by Friedemann Wachsmuth: A fully functional Super 8 Movie Projector I built with Kalle using Lego Technic. The only non-Lego parts are the lens, the reel spindles and the lamp. The projector uses just two engines and is fully featured with automatic feeding, […]
Cobbler from Portland, OR, built a water rocket and added video, capturing how awesomely his rocket flew, as well as renewing the adoration of his daughter! I built the Water Rocket project from vol. 5, made a few small modifications, and shot a video including aerial footage from the on-board camera. Of course, I opted […]
The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab, famous for those crazy quadrotors that can fly through windows and hula hoops, has been working on getting groups of the robots to fly together in formation. Just like with a formation of fighter jets, there’s a leader robot in each squad along with several follower robots. The followers […]
I think it’s safe to describe Ryan Palser as a “replica video game prop master” at this point. Those of you who enjoyed his fantastic Fallout 3 replica weapons last summer will probably also enjoy his exquisitely crafted Portal turret replica. going on.
The Brothers Brick Lego website has a fascinating post by Ben Caulkins, who spent 6 months building Master Chief armor completely out of Lego. (I)t was after I saw some really amazing LEGO creations at my first LEGO convention, Brickworld, that I really seriously started thinking about it. At first it was just a fantasy, […]
In his series, 20/20, Lucas Mongiello takes his old plastic toys and arranges them in cheerleader-triangle-style formations under glass domes. I think it’s interesting!
Ok, we’re back! The Gitbrew gang gets my awesome makers of the year award :)
