Cardboard Pinball Machine

If you’ve got a stack of cardboard boxes lying around and you’re looking to make a fun project out of … More

DIY Cosplay Helmet Part 3: Paint and Surface

We’ve successfully constructed the foam helmet, so it’s now time to give it some color and finish. Here’s what you’ll … More

DIY Cosplay Helmet Part 2: Construct the Form

Now that you’ve designed your custom pattern, it’s time to use those pieces to cut up your foam and assemble … More

DIY Cosplay Helmet Part 1: Design the Pattern

We’re going to design a custom fit helmet, so the first thing we need to do is create a frame … More

DIY Cosplay Helmet

My 4-year-old is bonkers for all things super heroes and Star Wars so I decided to make him a Boba … More

First Person Driving with a Wheel

(Update 12/3/19: portions of this project are described under Patent US10493363B2) I’ve hacked together a first person driving experience that uses … More

Hacking an RC Car

As a test, I decided to hack an existing piece of consumer electronic and control it with an Arduino. I took apart my … More

Arduino + Dualshock2

I’m working on a new project that could use some kind of game controller. I’ve got a few old PS2 controllers lying … More

Yanimator: An AR Character Creator

(Update 1/28/20: This technology is now described under Patent US10546406B2) I’ve made an experimental AR app that turns drawings on … More

Augmented Toys

The augmented reality SDK Vuforia has a lesser known feature that is able to recognize pre-selected three dimensional objects as-is without calibration ornaments like QR … More