A 1:3 scale RC kei truck, built from hoverboard motors and 3D-printed parts, dazzled Anime Los Angeles—until a full-speed collision brought it down. Here’s the story behind the build and its spectacular demise.
As climate extremes strain power grids, DIY enthusiasts are harnessing solar energy to freeze water and store cooling as ice, powering off-grid air conditioning with ingenuity and old-school physics.
A backyard inventor's 3D-printed diving helmet, powered by a floating compressor, promises affordable underwater exploration but raises serious safety questions. We investigate the technology, risks, and future of DIY diving.
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A homemade, battery-powered grappling gun is making backyard rope tows a reality, but as innovation blurs the line between toy and tool, questions about safety and standards arise.
GPenT is a homebrew wall plotter that merges machine learning, procedural algorithms, and hands-on hardware to produce generative art like never before. Explore the wild intersection of code, creativity, and CNC engineering.
A retro fiber optic lamp gets a dramatic upgrade with modern LEDs and lasers, turning it from faint novelty to luminous showpiece. Explore the risks and rewards of this extreme DIY lighting hack.
A hacker at Time Sink Studio built a kinetic mirror from 128 segments, each driven by cheap open loop actuators salvaged from smartphone hardware. This feature investigates the technical hacks, calibration methods, and the surprising artistry behind a living, moving reflection.
A garage inventor rewires a discarded AC induction motor into a high-powered eBike engine, showcasing the creative potential of DIY engineering and sustainable transport solutions.
At just 17, [Kai] designed the Cheetah MX4 Mini—a remarkably compact and capable 3D printer controller board supporting Marlin and Klipper firmware. Meticulously documented, this DIY project showcases the future of open-source hardware innovation.
Delve into the evolution of travel keyboards—where split designs, open-source spirit, and DIY ingenuity are redefining how (and where) we type.