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Guy builds gigantic mechanical skeeball machine out of K'Nex

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 11:39am

If there's a toy greater than Lego that lets you bring your creations to life, it's K'Nex. DIY-er "Shadowman39" spent the last year building a full-size skeeball machine out of K'Nex parts. It's such an engineering feat that he's going to destroy it.

Laziness be damned: motorized wheelchair built from Lego

Raymond Wong

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 11:36am

Walking can be such a chore sometimes. You've got to move your legs. Ugh. It's unbearable. Now if you had this motorized wheelchair built from Lego Mindstorm parts, maybe that sprint over to the fridge to grab an ice cold beer wouldn't be so much effort.

Man makes working $9 bicycle out of cardboard

Travis Andrews

Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 1:26pm

There are a number of interesting bike designs made from a variety of materials, but one factor always held true: they're not generally made of cardboard. Well, designer Giora Kariv wasn't having that, so he went ahead and built a bike out of cardboard for $9.

Arduino-enabled plant can water itself, no longer needs humans

Evan Ackerman

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 2:01pm

Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, plants are now able to throw off the cruel chains of human oppression and survive without our help, provided they have access to an Arduino board, a water pump, and a reliable source of electricity.

Macgyvered glasses translate languages into subtitles on the fly

Raymond Wong

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 1:23pm

Learning a new language can be tough, but what if you could just look at someone speaking in a foreign language, and with a pair of glasses, translate their speech into subtitles in a language you do comprehend? That would change everything, wouldn't it?

Luckiest baby in all the galaxy rolls in a Podracer stroller

Raymond Wong

Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:19pm

That badass fire-shooting Cadillac baby carriage better watch its rear view mirror because this Podracer baby stroller would make it eat sand at the Boonta Eve Classic on Tatooine.

DIY electric vehicle lets you take control of your green commute

Adario Strange

Friday, July 13, 2012 - 3:32am

Modern cars are swiftly becoming like the new Retina display MacBook Pro, powerful and attractive, but useless to those of us who want to get under the hood and make modifications. But now a Japanese company has developed a vehicle that could ensure the days of do-it-yourself car modifcation stick around.

Levitating light bulb makes wires a thing of the past

Evan Ackerman

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 11:58am

Nothing screams "future" more than stuff that levitates, and this levitating LED light turns things up by adding wireless power to the mix as well. It's not something that you can buy quite yet, but soon, you'll be able to just build one for yourself at home.

High-tech dollhouse gives geeky girls space to tinker

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 11:27am

You won't find a dollhouse like "Roominate" at your local toy store. Right now, it's just a Kickstarter project — one that's already funded — but it promises to give young girls with a genuine curiosity for tech a playground to tinker and learn.

Make your own Doppler radar out of coffee cans

Evan Dashevsky

Monday, July 2, 2012 - 6:56am

Do you ever watch your local TV weather report and find yourself overcome with excruciating jealousy due to the fact you don't have your own personal Doppler radar? Of course you do. It's a normal reaction. Why do they get all that neat radar gear while you remain utterly blind to the velocities at which clouds — let alone everyday objects — are speeding to or away from you?

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Guy builds gigantic mechanical skeeball machine out of K'Nex

Laziness be damned: motorized wheelchair built from Lego

Man makes working $9 bicycle out of cardboard

Arduino-enabled plant can water itself, no longer needs humans

Macgyvered glasses translate languages into subtitles on the fly

Luckiest baby in all the galaxy rolls in a Podracer stroller

DIY electric vehicle lets you take control of your green commute

Levitating light bulb makes wires a thing of the past

High-tech dollhouse gives geeky girls space to tinker

Make your own Doppler radar out of coffee cans

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