The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
“Stringwalker” attempts to solve the problem of walking with a head-mounted VR display through a virtual space. The project uses eight strings actuated by motor-pulley mechanisms mounted on a turntable to give the walker tangible feedback of their virtual environments while guiding them through the spaces. Just don’t try to attach your shoelaces to the […]
Still Dottie made these double fudge cupcakes, you know, the kind with that soft oozing center that makes you weak in the knees? You can now make them yourself with her recipe and instructions here. Link.
All the parts for my bike came from the shop Sheldon Brown worked at, this is really sad – a maker writes in – This is primarily a piece of sad news and secondarily a link to an awesome maker’s site. Sheldon Brown recently passed away due to a heart attack. Sheldon has been famous […]
Mark at Boing Boing writes: The Blow N Glo Special, built and driven by Maddog, is a nice-looking car built to compete in the San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation races. The February issue of Hot Rod has an article about the S.F.V.I.S.B.F. San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation – Link
Mardi Gras is upon us, so what can you do if you’re vegan and want to chow down on some King Cake? Never fear, vegan cookstress extraordinaire Kittee has just posted an animal-friendly version of the holiday standby, which is usually full of eggs and cream cheese. Link.
Exciting news from Canada: The Winnipeg Do It Yourself Festival is heading into its second year. This year it is running from March 10th to 16th at the University of Winnipeg and Red Road Lodge. Last year there were many interesting workshops and this year it appears to be growing. There are workshops covering everything […]
These French engineering students wrote some software to control a little Pekee bot via Nintendo DS’ wi-fi. They utilize several different control methods you may recognize from DS games (such as the MarioKart steering interface). To check out the app for yourself, download the .nds file posted here. And just in case that demo was […]
