The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Eric Gradman, who brought us the awesome Trash 80 bluetooth “prank,” has posted a Flickr set for his cool MAME gaming system house inside of an IKEA dining table. IKEA MAME Dinner Table – [via] Link Related: Bluetoothing a Trash 80 – Link IKEA coffee table with recessed planter and LED light – Link
The “NORDLICHT BLITZ PLAY” (Blitz Play Hero III) is an urban game that reads its boundaries from embedded RF transmitters scattered around the city and receivers in mobile devices carried by players. When the devices receive data from the city nodes, they create sounds that are played back on modified Nintendo DS game systems while […]
This GameBoy Foot Controller mod by Joey Mariano connects up the original control buttons of a GameBoy Color to 8 individual foot pedals. Add the Gameboy sequencer hacks of “Nano-loop” or “Little Sound DJ” and you can create a bonafide disco from the comforts of any street corner. Since it’s foot triggered, you could even […]
The PaperPod Rocket comes flat and blank, ready to be decorated by your children. Ships from the UK and is too small for adults, so I think it’s a perfect candidate for a re-make. I think I can reverse-engineer this thing from the photo… Nigel’s Eco Store sells other eco-friendly holiday gifts as well. – […]
Instructables user fungus amungus made this awesome Guitar Hero controller mod with light-up buttons. – Link.
I have to admit, when I got email from our pal Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, announcing that he’d penned a little ditty about Pleo the robot dino pet, I thought I might puke. But harsh truths be told, I’ve been humming the damn thing all morning! Catchy kids fare. Okay, maybe I did throw up […]
There’s tabletop miniature wargaming, and then there’s housewide miniature wargaming, a.k.a. certifiable insanity. I wonder if these guys ever get out of the house? Oh wait, they *have* to get out of the house, they have no place to eat, sleep, entertain, etc. BTW: Terrain insanity of this caliber doesn’t have to be a time […]
