Lego spraycan explosion
AFOL Cole Blaq of Düsseldorf created this excellent action shot of an exploding can of spraypaint. Who says you can’t build everything with Lego?
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
MakeShift — Zombie Attack!
Battle your way through brain-hungry zombies to arrive — bite free — to a secure school two miles away
Make Money — Scrabble
Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.
Rendering Kinect data in MineCraft
Kinect hacker Nathan Viniconis has been feeding Kinect data into MineCraft with some rather impressive results. The process, which is still manual at this point, creates motion by rendering each frame independently and then combining them to produce a seemingly realtime video. Supposedly there is an automated version in the works.
Laser-cut interlocking Settlers of Catan tiles
Clever idea from Thingiverse user jmne. I like the art he’s chosen to represent each of the various resources. He’s also produced a version in transparent red acrylic. I’ll be interested to see how this idea evolves.
In the Maker Shed: XGS AVR 8-Bit development system
The XGS AVR 8-Bit system was developed to be a very competitive entry/midrange development kit for the Atmel ATmega644 AVR processor with 64K FLASH, 4K SRAM, and running at 28+ MIPs. The kit includes everything you need to get started developing applications on the very popular platform.
Learn how to screenprint your own t-shirts
In this podcast, Bre brings in Matt, the screenprinting expert of etsy.com, to the Weekend Projects podcast.
Have you ever wanted to create your own t-shirt designs? Look no further! Don’t forget to go and download the pdf to get all the details and supply lists. https://stage.makezine.com/podcast
