The brick thief
Enjoy this fine video, just try not to go around stealing Legos from kids and puppies, even if you know how to make them dance!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Pier Solar and the Great Architects homebrew games for retired consoles
Pier Solar and the Great Architects homebrew games for retired consoles… Pier Solar and the Great Architects is a 16-bit role playing game for the Sega Mega Drive, released in December 2010 by WaterMelon Co. The game optionally utilizes the Mega-CD expansion device to enhance its audio capabilities. Development of the game began on June […]
Yet another Lego USB flash drive mod
In response to our Dremel PDF project to mod some Lego bricks into a USB drive case with a working cap, reader Pieter Leeuwen sent us images of this version he made years ago (after seeing a similar project here on MAKE that he thought he could improve upon). He’s been using this drive ever […]
Lego picture puzzle
This is Ravel, a picture puzzle. You are a postman who one day wakes up in a mysterious place. What is going on, is it a dream? You come across a signpost in the road. It reads: Welcome friend to a place called Ravel, Should you wish to leave; there’s no need to travel. Open […]
Antique mechanical dice
Dug North spotted this gem in a recent (and now unfortunately closed) eBay listing. Would love to hear what it sounds like when you pull the lever.
Kinect ‘x-ray’ overlays you with CT-scan imagery
The Kinect allows tracking of users without additional markers. We develop a magic mirror that generated an overlay of a video image with volume visualization from a CT volume. Such a system could be used for education of anatomy. [Via Beyond the Beyond]
Photo-realistic paintings of classic board games
These may look like the boxes of games that you have in your attic or basement game shelf, but they’re actually paintings (oil, enamel, and urethane on copper), by Missouri-based artist Tim Liddy, of classic board game boxes. Stunning. [Via DudeCraft] Hyper Realistic Paintings of Vintage Board Games; Tape, Tears and All