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Bristlebot - make a toy robot from the head of a toothbrush

May 12th 2008 4:00PM If you've ever had the chance to play with a vibrating robot toy, you'll understand just how fun they can be. Most of the ones I've seen are of the wind-up variety, typically with long metal lets and rubber feet. They tend to be noisy, bouncy, and ... (0 Comments)

Learn how to build your own Blubber Bots

Jun 28th 2007 6:00PM Autonomous Light Air Vessels, or ALAV's aka "Blubber Bots" are a really fun robotic airships that you can build yourself from a kit. In fact, Blubber Bots are a robotic DIY dream-- fun, relatively inexpensive and a bold foray into everyday tech. To ... (0 Comments)

Remembering Heathkit

Aug 31st 2007 1:45PM Do you remember Heathkit? Hard to miss them if you happened upon a copy of Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, or any number of magazines in the 70's, including Rolling Stone. Heathkit once sold DIY kits of all stripes, designed to teach you ... (1 Comments)

DIY Life Toolstravaganza Day 25: Cricut Machine

Aug 10th 2007 5:00AM Today's prize is a scrapbooking wonder: the Cricut machine. Pronounced like the jumping bug, a Cricut comes in handy if you're tired of using scissors to laboriously carve out letters for scrapbooking, cardmaking or anywhere you need paper letters ... (203 Comments)

How to face paint

Apr 2nd 2008 9:00AM Along with Spring comes the flurry of kids' birthday parties, concerts in the park, and festivals of every sort. Face painting is part of so many of these festivities. If you think you might get dragged into face painting this spring or summer, you'd ... (1 Comments)

Doctor Who crafts

Sep 6th 2007 1:00PM Until recently, in terms of science fiction fandom, one of the most uncool things you could possibly be was a Doctor Who fan. Fans of Star Wars, Star Trek, old-school Battlestar Galactica: anyone could mock the Whovians. digg_url = ... (2 Comments)

Zhu Zhu Pet Activities Entertain Kids

Oct 7th 2009 12:00PM Get creative with your Zhu Zhu Pets! Photo: Toys "R" Us Zhu Zhu Pets: they're robotic hamsters ... and they're one of the hottest new toys to hit the market. In fact, Toys "R" Us has Zhu Zhus on its 2009 Hot Holiday Toys list. Do these furry ... (2 Comments)

Clean your Scooba so it keeps cleaning for you

Mar 25th 2008 12:00PM If you've been reading DIY Life for a while, you know that I really love my Roomba. Well, now my loyalties are divided because I recently met Roomba's floor-washing cousin, the Scooba. For the uninitiated, Roombas and Scoobas are robots that vacuum ... (0 Comments)

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