Homemade Halo armor
Kids are awesome. This cardboard Halo armor is cooler than any refrigerator-box-fort I ever made as a kid – [via] Link.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
The low-down on BALLS 17
BALLS 17, the premiere experimental rocketry launch contest, has been announced for Sept 26, 27, 28 in Black Rock, Nevada. The event website has details on BALLS 17 and the competition rules. This is the extreme rocketry event where experimental rocketeers push the envelope of size, staging/clustering, altitude, home-made components and motors, and cutting-edge rocket […]
Bike part coffee table
Here’s an elegant table made from bike parts by MAKE Flickr pool member Delcruiser. It features a chain ring shelf handy for stowing magazines/books or maybe a kryptonite chain or two. Bike part coffee table on Flickr – Link Also – Check out these graceful seatings by Frida Ottemo Kallstrom – constructed from recycled bicycle […]
Rayguns from lamp shades
Personally, I find the Indy Mogul/Backyard FX videos a lot of smoke with little heat or fire, but YMMV. Here they make some retro rayguns from junkshop parts. Retro Ray Guns – [via] Link
HOW TO – Guitar Hero auto-whammy
Some may call it cheating but many more will call it “Sweeeeeeet”! Take your game to the next level by modding a Guitar Hero controller with a 555 timer circuit – making inhumanly fast whammy attacks finally a reality. Ryan posted a great how-to (in between solos): HOWTO Hack Your Guitar Hero Whammy Bar – […]
LEGO Millennium Falcon build in time-lapse
Boing Boing Gadget’s Joel Johnson celebrates 50 years of LEGO by tackling the Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon LEGO set, the biggest building set LEGO has ever produced. The results are a furry of time-lapsed bricking to some great bleep music. While on BBtv, also check out the coverage of the recent Crucible fire-themed fashion show. […]
HOW TO – Articulated bicycle camera mount
Matt Mechtley made an articulated camera mount for his bike using an old tripod head. He shows us how in this instructable. – Link & more.
