Homemade sport utility bike (SUB)
trebuchet03 made a DIY version of the Xtracycle for cargo carrying – aka: Homemade sport utility bike (SUB) Link.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Bicycle made from a bed
From Popular Science 1938 – a fantastic bicycle made from a bed frame! Link.
No-friction bicycle dynamo light kit
Here’s a kit (and how to make) a no-friction bike light dynamo. Learn about electromagnetic induction and make a bike light! – Thanks Hone Link.
Wii Loop Machine – Wiimote Beats
From The Amazing Rolo: This weekend I finished the Wii Loop Machine software that I started a few weeks ago. It’s a system for using the wireless Wii remote to sync, control, and manipulate loops in real time. It’s now ready for download as a standalone application…if you have a Mac with OSX (10.4.8 or […]
Art Bikes
Brian @ New York Daily has an incredible set of art bike photos from Josh Hadar in SoHo… Art Bikes (photos) – Link. Related: Art Bikes @ New York Daily photo – Link. Harmony blog – Link.
HOW TO – Make your own instrumented glove
Alex writes – I have always found it a challenge to make things at virtually no hardware cost, using old parts in innovative combinations. Whilst such projects are usually quite time consuming, they do give you the pleasure of “being independent of the industry” and their picture of the state of the art of technology. […]
Sensory gaming
Crunchgear has a really interesting write up of Emotiv’s sensory gaming rig you wear on your head – The prototype device looks sort of like a smaller version of Professor X’s Cerebro mutant locator thing. It’s a headset with three separate arms than clasp around your head. Each arm contains myriad sensors that detect signals […]
