It's winter in Beaver Creek, Ohio, at the moment, and sub-zero temps mean liberal amounts of ice and snow. Kids may be heading for the hills with their sleds, but Peter Sripol can aim for the flats with an electric sled that motors along using a propeller taken from his DIY electric aircraft.
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We've seen a number of frankly odd creations from serial synth scientist Sam Battle of Look Mum No Computer over the years. His latest build turns a bunch of cute and cuddly robot toys from the late 1990s into the stuff of horror movie nightmares.
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Bay Area maker Josh Tulberg of Rapid Whale has laser cut and 3D-printed a petite electric single-seater called the Mini Boat and recently motored along in the water for the first time. Now the pint-sized electric boat is being made available as a build-it-yourself kit.
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SpecNext started shipping its updated ZX Spectrum board to Kickstarter backers in December. Rather than having to connect his Next to a TV, Dan Birch opted to design a rather fantastic-looking Spectrum laptop that rocks its own screen, chiclet keyboard and stereo speakers.
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will be huge employers in the future, so it makes sense to start piquing the interest of kids. Nintendo Labo is a set of DIY cardboard construction kits that turn the Switch into things like a playable piano or wearable robot suit.
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The Bellcycle will be sold as a kit that users assemble themselves. Among its interesting features are front-wheel drive, under-the-seat steering, and a modular design that lets users swap in different rear ends. It's also small, light (20 lb/9 kg) and cheap.
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Wanting to use an electric mountainboard when traveling outside the US, Dane Kouttron decided to build one that could fit in an overhead luggage compartment on passenger aircraft. The Mountain-Slider can fit in a backpack in transit, then opens up like a drawer when the rider wants to move.
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Inkjet printers may be an inexpensive way to print out holiday snaps, but they can be fragile machines and end up at the city dump well before they hit kindergarten age. Italian maker Michele Lizzit has designed a way to make use of spent printers to build an operational 3D printer for just €10.
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For the last few months, John Dingley has been bending tubing on a DIY hydraulic machine, welding metal together and installing parts salvaged from a go-kart, golf cart and an e-bike. The Electro-Luge 500S has been built to zip over long stretches of firm sand, with the rider laid flat and low.
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Parents wanting to get their kids into coding are spoiled for choice, but there aren’t many gadgets for an older audience. Hexa is a six-legged, sensor-laden robot that’s a blank slate for people to program their own functionality into, and share those skills across a social network of tinkerers.
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