Collaborate Disseminate
Regular roller blades go way back, relying on a number of wheels mounted in a line and relying on regular bearings. [The Q] came up with an altogether more interesting …read more Continue reading You Can Build Your Own Hubless Roller Blades and Ride Off Road
Kids love their Power Wheels and other ride-on electric cars. Indeed, [Ashwin]’s son was digging his little ATV, but soon found that some care was needed on the pedal. It …read more Continue reading Modding a Toddler’s Ride-On For More Grunt
[WhiskeyTangoHotel] wanted to build an LED clock after seeing some great designs online. They elected to go after a ring clock design, based around the ever-popular WS2812B addressable LEDs. The …read more Continue reading Neat Ring Clock Relies On Addressable LEDs
Wolfenstein 3D was a paradigm-shifting piece of software, using raycasting techniques to create a game with pseudo-3D graphics. Now, [izabera] has done something very similar, creating a raycasting display engine that …read more Continue reading Building a Raycaster Within Bash
The Strandbeest is a walking machine, a creation of the celebrated artist Theo Jansen. They can look intimidating in their complexity, but it’s quite possible to build your own. In …read more Continue reading Building a 3D-Printed Strandbeest
Officially, the term “taser” refers to a particular brand of projectile-firing electric stun gun. However, the word is also colloquially used to refer to just about any device intended for …read more Continue reading Taser Ring Is Scary Jewelry You Shouldn’t Build
In the annals of human history, clocks got boring there for a while. Most were just variations on hands spinning in a circle, with the occasional tweeting bird mechanism to …read more Continue reading Gimbal Clock Relies On Servos For Its Cool Movements
If you’ve ever gazed at the shoreline of Santos, Brazil, and felt like something was tugging at your inner eye level, you’re not alone. In fact, you’ve spotted one of …read more Continue reading The Many Leaning Towers of Santos, Brazil
[Chad Burrow] decided to take on a noble task—building a “retro” style computer and video game console. Only, this one is built using somewhat modern hardware—relying on the grunt of …read more Continue reading Homebrew Retro Console Runs On PIC32
The seven-segment display is most well known in LED form, but the concept isn’t tied to that format. You can build a seven-segment display out of moving parts, too. [tin-foil-hat] …read more Continue reading Electromechanical 7-Segment Display Is High Contrast Brilliance