Fun & Games

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.

Fuel-cell flier

Fuel-cell flier

A fuel cell-powered remotely piloted aircraft buzzed quietly into the morning sky in a park near Van Nuys, Calif., August 25. The unorthodox flight was a triumph of collegiate innovation made possible by a nurturing program at California State University Los Angeles and a boost from NASA’s Academic Investments Office and the Air Force Office […]

Alpha (spoke) POV

Alpha (spoke) POV

Tristan Roddis of blog.cogapp.com writes: Following the great instructions from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, I built one, and then reprogrammed the chip to create a crude persistence of vision device, which could then be velcroed onto my spokes for use as a propaganda tool during the Critical Mass bike ride. Hardware hacking – the next […]

Your own personal moon

Your own personal moon

The “Moon in My Room” puts a whole new slant on astronomy. It cycles through all of the moon’s 12 natural phases when you click the remote control or can be setup to cycle automatically. Now you can finally produce a lunar eclipse with the shadow of your head. Moon in My Room – Link, […]