Robots, behind the veil
Matt Kirkland peels back our illusions about cute robot toys, via Bot Junkie. The machine inside the ghost?
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
The Foamerator
Natalie @ Craft found this fun tutorial on making a Super Foam-erator – a great easy (and messy!) kid’s project for out in the yard.
Homebrew Nintendo DS music apps
Wonderful collection of homebrew Nintendo DS music apps via Waxy. Source code available for some of them too. More: Nintendo DS MIDI. Nintendo DS homebrew paint application. DSMidiWifi – Nintendo DS wireless MIDI controller. Tracker for Nintendo DS, DS homebrew music roundup.
Wind-powered string plucker
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ranjit from Brooklyn created this pleasant device and displayed it at the recent Figment Festival – seems a prime candidate to replace the windchime, hmm … windstring? – come see and hear this– um– whatever it is
Build a dancing game that uses your hands instead of your feet
“Para Para Revolution” is like the famed “Dance Dance Revolution” game but instead of dancing on foot pads, players wear gloves with accelerometers that detect when they wave their hands and signal directions. Check out the link below for details on this project, including circuit diagrams and code samples. Para Para Revolution
Independence Day – make some noise!
Our city prohibits street fireworks within the city limits (though you couldn’t tell from the noise on 4th of July night!). We’re going to contribute our own safe, legal noises this year with some Really Obnoxious Noise Makers from this Instructable.
LEGO for adults – make guns with LEGO?
Interesting, here’s a book called LEGO for adults, it shows how to make crossbows, pistols and more — there are only about 1,000 copies because (according to the author) “After 1050 copies were printed, the LEGO Group® forbid the further use of their trademark in connections with guns, so this is the first and only […]
