The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
When I was a kid, I lived for rockets, both modeled and those build by NASA. I haven’t been involved in the hobby for years, but whenever I see a rocketry mag at a newsstand, I buy it and fantasize about maybe diving in again. Of course, since I was a kid, hobby rocketry has […]
Check out this awesome Google vid of a gyro-stabilized camera rig with a video headset for an R/C plane. It puts you in the cockpit and the camera moves around as you move your head. And most amazingly, it uses all off-the-shelf parts. Bromont golf club – [via] Link
This is really interesting, a PlayStation 2 modchip on a memory card. Around the web it appears that this can play backed up games, there is some debate in the comments so if someone knows for sure post on up… – The PS2 is certainly no stranger to a continuous flow of great games which […]
Here are a bunch of Guitar Hero mods! Another real Guitar Hero – Link. Ultimate Guitar Hero mod – Link. HOW TO – Build your own custom full-sized wireless … – Link. HOW TO – Make a DIY PS2 Guitar Hero controller – Link. Guitar Hero + Commodore 64 – Link. Wireless Guitar hero PS2 […]
If you’ve played Command and Conquer: Red Alert here’s a “real” Soviet Tesla coil, watch out Allied soldiers! – Link.
Here’s a nifty electronic tic-tac-toe machine made with RGB LEDs and two microcontrollers (the AVR Mega16 and Mega8). Electronic Tic-Tac-Toe with RGB LEDs – [via] Link
Chuck writes in – Who didn’t walk out of The Last Starfighter — yep, the Lance Guest movie from the ’80s — hoping to find a Starfighter game in the arcade? Sadly, the game was never produced. But some guys over at Rogue Synapse recreated a playable version of the actual game from the movie […]
