A children's Anpanman ride-on toy has been rebuilt as a motorized moped intended for public roads. The tiny vehicle was fitted with propulsion, brakes, lights and turn signals, and its creators say it received a license plate.
The maker, Kounotori DIY, documented the build in a YouTube video titled '魔改造アンパンマンバイクで公道を爆走してみた!!'.
It still looks like a toddler's toy, but it now has the equipment and registration of a real moped. That's quite a promotion for a toy bike.
ESPager replaces the radio receiver inside a vintage pager with a small Wi-Fi-enabled board. A message entered in a web browser appears on the pager's original display.
Creator Corey Harding uses an ESP32-C3 to generate the encoded signals expected by the pager and feeds them directly into the original data input. The project targets the first-generation Motorola Advisor and compatible models, and also documents integration with telephone exchange software.
A pager built to receive radio calls has had its radio receiver removed. The outside stays vintage while the message delivery moves to the web.
Shigemichi Enoshima made another attempt at modifying an arcade fight stick to perform special moves more reliably in Street Fighter 6.
He bought a used controller and replacement joystick parts, then chose a riverbank for the project. Despite launching a tiny retaining clip into the grass, he found it again and made good progress. In the middle of the work, he noticed that his trouser fly had been open for an unknown amount of time, possibly since shopping in Akihabara.
The modification ultimately worked, making special moves much easier to perform.
He could fine-tune when the joystick registers an input, but couldn't tell how long his own fly had been open.
It still looks like a toddler's toy, but it now has the equipment and registration of a real moped. That's quite a promotion for a toy bike.