Lego printer powered by Wiring board
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Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
How-To: BMX camera grip
Learn to convert a common BMX bike grip into a camera handle with this tutorial by fungus amungus: When using a small camera to shoot some video it’s easy to fumble with it as you try and move the camera around. With a solid grip that screws in to the bottom of the camera it’s […]
Ceramic seed grenade
At almost $15 US apiece, plus shipping from the UK, you won’t catch me smashing too many of these seed-laden ceramic pineapples in the near future. Give me a half-dozen at that price, packed in hay inside a roughly-stenciled wooden crate (“HAND GRENADE, FLOWER SEED, 6CT, NOT FOR EXPORT”), and we’ll talk. Still, pretty appealing concept–you got the flower power, the military cool factor, and the visceral appeal of smashing a ceramic pot all rolled into one.
Electronic symbol dice
We’ve covered Abraham Neddermann recently, this guy is obsessed with gaming dice. That’s a plus in my book, and the fact that he’s a true maker as well can only add points. He runs a store on Ebay selling his creations, and my favorite are his handmade electronic symbol dice inlaid in brass. In case […]
3-axis shadow-casting MIT block
Thingiverse user tshannon was inspired by the cover of Douglas Hofstadter’s famous book Gödel, Escher, Bach (Wikipedia) to create this one-piece letter-block that casts the shadows in the shape of the letters M, I, and T when illuminated along all three perpendicular axes.
Build a self-balancing Lego robot in 30 minutes
Laurens Valk shares how to make a Lego Segway using a standard NXT set plus a HiTechnic gyro sensor. One of the most notable features of the robot is that it packs NXT-G, the unadmired “default” programming language driving the NXT microcontroller brick. Up until now, all Lego Segways used one of the high-octane alternatives […]
Sew your own bike cap
By way of Paul Overton and DudeCraft comes this oldie but goodie, a simple but natty cycling cap you can sew yourself. Panda Face’s Cycling Cap