Lego follow focus
German maker havoc2 created this neat follow focus out of Lego. He’s working on written building instructions, but has an excellent video tutorial in the meantime. [Thanks, Jonathan!]
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Lego Mindstorms NXT model builder
Will Gorman’s clever “printer” assembles simple models by pulling bricks from a gravity-fed magazine that holds 35 each of five different types of Lego elements. I’ve always wondered if I could build a Lego machine that assembles Legos. I finally came up with an idea this summer to make it happen. The printer uses 3 […]
Power your NXT robot with solar panels
$90 buys a 9V/250mA panel from Dexter Industries, supplying enough juice to power a NXT brick and a single servo. dSolar Systems allow you to power your Lego Mindstorms NXT robot using nothing but the sun! This 9V solar power system is compatible with Lego Mindstorms NXT creations and includes everything you need to get […]
Zombie Barbie Garden
Crafty mama Carrie Lundell did a great job of taking a tutorial on the Savers thrift store site to the max with her garden of zombie Barbie dolls. I love this image of the zombie Barbie assembly line and her daughter “creepifying” one of the dolls. I second Carrie’s emotion when she says she can’t […]
Laser cut rubber band gun
DXF files freely available from Thingiverse user freakinhuge. Been thinking about designing one kinda like this myself, but with a release trigger.
Time-lapse Rubik’s cube mosaic video
Entertaining video from YouTuber David Alvarez. I have a hard time imagining that he’s not working from a plan of some kind, but just from watching the video, it rather looks like he’s “free-handing” his Heath-Ledger-Joker mosaic. He just stands there, solves each cube to present the right pattern, and sets it in place, apparently without any kind of reference.
Miss Cupcake DIY
I picked up a Miss Cupcake DIY from Vault of Midnight Comics in Ann Arbor this weekend. Being the cupcake lover that I am, my mind started racing with the possibilities of what I could do. Yep, glitter and sequins were at the top of the list.
