During an ITP Camp session run by the folks from littleBits, one pair of campers designed and made this fantastic sound-triggered bubble maker in under two hours from design to...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Saturday June 9th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | 2 Comments
Costumer crazy-man Shawn Thorsson wows the crowds at Maker Faire with his Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine armor.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Saturday June 2nd, 2012 2:44 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | 7 Comments
Artist Carrin Welch's Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse were just the first of many, many wonderful things I saw at yesterday's Austin Mini Maker Faire. Click through to learn...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Sunday May 13th, 2012 11:32 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Fun & Games, Workshop | 4 Comments
This is a remarkable YouTube video posted by 29-year old Japanese user kenjiishida011, showing a remote-controlled Transformer-type toy that can not only change from car to robot under its own...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday May 10th, 2012 9:11 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Fun & Games, Robotics | 2 Comments
From maker Blair Kelly: "Arduino Wifly Mini is a remotely operated vehicle that communicates over a WiFi network, can be controlled with an XBOX 360 or PS3 controller, or G27...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday May 9th, 2012 11:30 AM
Categories: Arduino, Fun & Games | 11 Comments
On the latest episode of The Ben Heck Show, Ben helps Charlie and his son Bug create the Squatch Tracker 9000, a remote-controlled Sasquatch-hunting car. Made mostly out of foamcore,...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday May 9th, 2012 5:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games | 1 Comment
The Power Racing Series (PPPRS), where grown men and women ride around on souped up toy cars (like the pink Power Wheels Jeep shown above) is gearing up for another...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday April 26th, 2012 12:30 PM
Categories: Energy, Fun & Games, Hackerspaces | 2 Comments
This week's question: What was your favorite building set as a child, and why?
Posted by Michael Colombo | Tuesday April 24th, 2012 12:00 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, General | 54 Comments
Though heavy for its class, this DIY aluminum longboard deck design from Redditor davvik gets high marks for its machine aesthetics and its accessible construction method. The truck mounting plates...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday April 18th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Energy, Fun & Games, Workshop | 2 Comments
In the latest version of his DIY skill crane, Marc has added a third dimension, expanded the crane's envelope to cover an entire room, and upgraded the business end with...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday April 9th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: Arduino, Fun & Games | 1 Comment
ECE 5760 students Meng-Ling (Maxwell) Liu, Thu-Thao Nguyen and Yang Yang created a game called Hand Breaking Bricks. Rather than use a standard interface for their game, they decided to...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Tuesday April 3rd, 2012 12:00 PM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | No Comments
Say hello to Thing #19733 from Joseph Larson of Provo, UT, aka Thingiverse user cymon. It's his entry in the just-closed TinkerCAD Chess Set Design Challenge. You can browse all...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday April 2nd, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: 3D Printing, Fun & Games | 5 Comments
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