The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
The Hyperbike, by Curtis DeForest, tries to create a human-powered vehicle that will be faster than traditional bicycles. I can see how the rider can input more energy, but that thing has to weigh a lot more than a 10 speed! In creating the HyperBike, DeForest tried to remedy the flaws of the standard bicycle. […]
A product design student at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK wanted to address the problem of prevalent bike theft so he created this bike for around US$30. It doesn’t say whether this was just for the frame or for everything. And no, it doesn’t melt in a rainstorm. He used hexacomb board, which is […]
Lots of pics of the Seattle Power Tool Drag Race in this Flickr Pool. Seattle Power Tool Race and Derby 2008
Here’s a collection of 8-bit art made with colored Post-It Notes. This is an art form I’m sure Staples and OfficeMax really hope catches on… Post-it Note Art: 8-bit Edition [via Hack n Mod]
This mobile Nintendo Wii station is built with an HD monitor powered partly by solar energy. Inside is a battery, power converter and solar panel that generates enough juice to power the Wii. Pretty cool idea for a portable console, although it might be hard to see the screen, not to mention the fact that […]
Daniel Carnes writes in to tell us about this cool wooden RC tank built by Matthias Wandel. The site has lots of pictures of the build. Matthias also makes other super elaborate wood works.
The Balance board blog has a lot of resources and links about Nintendo’s new Balance Board for the Wii, and of course there are some interesting hacks already… like this one, controlling a robot. Wii Fit and We Ski might be the only two official uses for the Wii Balance Board, but clever tech-heads are […]
