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This Spinning 3-Axis LEGO Thrill Ride Makes Minifigs Dizzy

As further evidence that you can make anything with LEGO, we are now making minifigures puke their guts out on tiny amusement park rides. Check out this 3-axis LEGO Technic thrill ride made by LEGO enthusiast…

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The Stircle Stirs Your Coffee with No Waste

We need a better way to stir our coffee, people. You know why? because over 400 million plastic and wood coffee stirrers are thrown away every day. They go in landfills and also end up in…

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Real Working “Transformer” Can Turn from Car to Robot with People Inside

I’d like to think that at some point in the evolution of Transformers, they looked as cheesy as this car one from Brave Robotics, Asratec Corp, and Sansei Technologies. The contraption is called the J-deite RIDE,…

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Learn About Robotics with This Bionic Lizard

Interested in learning more about robotics? The DIY Bionic Robot Lizard is a perfect way to make robotics education really fun. Designed for STEM education, this mechanical lizard can provide hours of amusement to both beginners…

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The Vestaboard Is an Airport Departure Board for Your Living Room

Digital display technology has pretty much replaced the need for those old mechanical signboards they used to have at airports and train stations back in the day. But there was something about the wonderful sounds they…

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This LEGO Machine Uses Gyroscopic Physics to Steer

We’ve seen some pretty cool mechanical LEGO creations over the years. Here’s another one worth checking out. I was recently turned onto the work of LEGO expert builder Yoshihito Isogawa by the fine folks over at…

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Summon Batman with This Mechanical Laser Light Show Device

Lasers are always fun and this project is no exception. What you’re looking at is a hand-cranked device made from 3D printed parts, designed to project a pattern by quickly moving a laser. It was created…

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This Sugar Skull Automaton Is Made Of LEGO Pieces

Sure, it’s about five months early for Dia de los Muertos (aka Day of the Dead), but that’s okay. It doesn’t matter what day it is when an automaton sugar skull made out of LEGO pieces…

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These Mechanical Wooden Hands Are Simply Awesome

Bellingham, Washington artist Ivan Owen of Danger First has created a pair of really large and really awesome mechanical hands. What impresses me the most is how detailed they are and how well they move. He…

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Square Off Automated Chess Board Moves Pieces from Across the Planet

The next evolution of chess is here. Square Off is a smart, connected, and digital chess board set that moves pieces across the board automatically. Now this isn’t the first time there’s been a chess set…

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This Pulley Clock Tells Time with Almost 4,000 Feet of String

We’ve seen our share of complicated clocks, but we’ve never seen anything like Felix Vorreiter’s FLUX 1440. This clock displays the time using a simple pulley system, and over 3,900 feet of white string. The white…

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This Epic K’Nex Ball Machine Is a True Mechanical Marvel

Some people build simple stuff using K’Nex, but others like to build huge contraptions like this. This is The Citadel, a huge K’nex ball moving machine built by YouTuber Shadowman. It took him about 3 years…

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These Magic Gears Will Mesmerize You

Who knew that watching gears move could be so soothing? These “Magic Gears” created by puzzle designer Oskar van Deventer will hypnotize and mesmerize you. Magic Gears Grid is a plaything made of a number of…

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DIY Mechanical PONG Table: Mag Hockey

YouTuber Daniel Perdomo and his friends made one of the coolest video game replicas of the year so far. It’s a physical replica of the classic game PONG. It’s basically a magnetic, mechanical version of air…

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Mechanical Giant Squid Kinetic Sculpture: Mechateuthis

Barry Crawford said that when he was a kid, he dreamed of growing up to be a robot. Sadly, his childhood dream hasn’t come true yet. But he did become what he calls a “gizmologist”, making…

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XYZen Garden: Etch-a-Sand

I’ve always enjoyed playing with the Etch-a-Sketch. Sure, it’s nearly impossible to draw circles or triangles, but that’s part of the fun. Instructables contributor Jon-a-tron decided to make his own sort of line drawing tool, but…

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Tag: Mechanical

This Spinning 3-Axis LEGO Thrill Ride Makes Minifigs Dizzy

The Stircle Stirs Your Coffee with No Waste

Real Working “Transformer” Can Turn from Car to Robot with People Inside

Learn About Robotics with This Bionic Lizard

The Vestaboard Is an Airport Departure Board for Your Living Room

This LEGO Machine Uses Gyroscopic Physics to Steer

Summon Batman with This Mechanical Laser Light Show Device

This Sugar Skull Automaton Is Made Of LEGO Pieces

These Mechanical Wooden Hands Are Simply Awesome

Square Off Automated Chess Board Moves Pieces from Across the Planet

This Pulley Clock Tells Time with Almost 4,000 Feet of String

This Epic K’Nex Ball Machine Is a True Mechanical Marvel

These Magic Gears Will Mesmerize You

DIY Mechanical PONG Table: Mag Hockey

Mechanical Giant Squid Kinetic Sculpture: Mechateuthis

XYZen Garden: Etch-a-Sand

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