PVC bike cart
Instructables slide show of a bicycle trailer made out of PVC pipe and wire rack material. PVC Bike trailer
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
How to install a Wii Mod chip
This detailed how-to walks you through the process of installing a mod-chip in your Nintendo Wii console so that you can pay games without region lock. You’ll need to tune up your soldering skills before getting started with this hack, but it might be worth it if you think the local Wii games are less […]
Wireframe trucks and push toys from Africa
These homemade wireframe trucks from Cameroon, Africa use a large steering wheel to maneuver a small car on the road. Really simple construction here, built from found materials and junk, but pretty inspiring nonetheless. via Street Use
Commodore 64 LAN party
Hah! This is awesome, Slashdot has a quick blurb on the the first Commodore 64 LAN party! The world’s first Commodore 64 LAN party was held at the Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club 2008 Expo last weekend, where the new multiplayer C64 game NetRacer was unveiled. The setup consists of up to eight Commodore 64s with […]
Up periscope
Gunk on Floor (where do people get these names??) put together a great Instructable on making a spy periscope – it’s a classic kid’s project.
Use a Wii Fit balance board to control a robot in the real world
This video shows a Wii Fit Balance Board controlling a “SkyBot” toy robot to move around a platform. Check out the link below to the downloadable Python source code for this hack and lots of good details on how it was built. Wii Board
LEGO record player
Jason writes– A paper cup, a sewing needle, and a simple LEGO Mindstorms robot make for a nice little record player. This might be a fun project to work on with the kids this 4th of July weekend. You know they’ve been wondering about the boxes of vinyl frisbees in the basement. Aside from anything […]
