The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Levelhead by Julian Oliver is an “augmented-reality spatial-memory game” using semacode ARToolkit marker imprinted cubes as player interface – levelHead uses a hand-held solid-plastic cube as its only interface. On-screen it appears each face of the cube contains a little room, each of which are logically connected by doors. In one of these rooms is […]
This mod shows you how to add 3 cymbals to your current Rock Band setup. Now if only you could hook up your current drum kit to the game instead of having to work around the plastic set you get. Rock Band Cymbal Mod development
The Recycled Recumbent has been updated for 2008. It looks like a few other people have had success following the free plans. I really like how the plans have little notes to help you build a really nice Recycled Recumbent Bicycle. More: Read more about Brass Lion recumbent tricycle
Core77 has an interview video with Brit Leissler, who made (and is still making) the Octopulse. From the site: Brit Leissler, of Shoot the Stylist Studios in London, demonstrates the Octopulse, an experimental instrument designed for Yamaha’s Product Design Laboratory. This little creature has as a goal to turn listeners of music into players of […]
Jason over at Haqckszine found the Tilted Twister, a LEGO NXT robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube without the help of a PC. It’s really impressive to watch! Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister’s turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read the colors of the cube faces using […]
This hack shows how to modify the Xbox headset adaptor to illuminate the volume control knob with an LED. The idea behind this was that the maker seems to play Xbox in the dark a lot and needed a way to see the volume knob on his controller. He warns that this might void your […]
This robot was built using the PICAXE controller and has a homebrew line sensor that uses light dependent resistors (LDRs) to find its way. The custom PICAXE board included an L293 driver chip and ran from battery power. Check out the link for details on the board and integration into the LEGO Mindstorms setup. PICAXE […]
