Sew your own aviation goggles
Patrick Wilson made a template from his father’s WWI aviation goggles and made from it generated his own pair. He shares the template and plans below. Scale drawings of my father’s aviation goggles (WW1)
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Quadcopters video
Via DIY Drones comes this video of the Stanford STARMAC (Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent) quadcopters: STARMAC, the Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent is a testbed of 6 quadrotor helicopter unmanned aerial vehicles that fly indoors and outdoors to experiment with autonomous agent algorithms. This video presents an overview of the […]
NES-in-a- cartridge
Hack a Day points out this sweet portable NES project using a cartridge as enclosure – (I’m guessing it wasn’t a classic title) more pics on the Ben Heck forums – My first but awesome NESp
Stair climbing challenge at RoboGames 2008
Climbing stairs. Not as easy as it looks. I know this from personal experience. I like how the winning approach is to favor one leg. That’s how I did it, before my hip replacement. I did NOT however slide down stairs sideways! RoboGames 2008: Stair Climbing Challenge
Weekend Project: Soda Bottle Rocket
With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. Original project by Steve Lodefink. The basis for this project’s launcher design is the Martinet Launcher To download Soda Bottle Rocket MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the Soda Bottle Rocket article MAKE 05 “Soda […]
PVC Sprinkler = Summertime Fun
Make a summertime sprinkler system for the kids out of PVC
PSP hack mixes live sound editing and collection with GPS navigation
The “Oterp” by Antonin Fourneau is a prototype sound editor built inside a PSP console with an integrated GPS that allows you to manipulate sound in real-time based on your location on earth. The device also collects new sounds when it detects that you have arrived at specific pre-programmed locations on the planet, with the […]
