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To kick off MAKE 08 (Toys and games) we’ll have a few fun posts from the world of Pinball… Awhile back I visited the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas (here are my photos) MAKE pal Mr. Kimberly just sent along his set to check out too… – Link. The Pinball Hall of Fame […]
MAKE 08 is shipping! Here’s what it’s all about, from Mark, our editor-in-chief : “The latest issue of MAKE is about to hit the stands, and this time the theme is toys and games. It includes a secret history of Myst, written by Myst co-creator Robyn Miller, a how-to on resurrecting a neglected pinball machine, […]
Check out this bluetooth controlled Lego car! – Thanks – Link
Volume 8 of MAKE features pinball machine restoration in its Toys and Games section. In this Maker File, we visit the Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Arcadium in Alameda, California. Michael Schiess is the proprietor of Lucky Ju Ju, and a group of us went there to check out the place and take some photograph of […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Aminorjourney posted up this pretty intense e-bike, it’s Pete Green’s “Franken -bike”, a Dawes Galaxy with a 350W motor – Link. Related: Eric Peltzer’s Electric Bicycle – Link. Schwinn 2007 electric bikes – Link. Electric Bicycle – Battery upgrade – Link. DIY Electric bicycle – Link. Bicycles Archives – Link.
Artist Halli Civelek made this fun paper robot-like toy, he’s given us permission to post the PDF, so you can make your own too! [via] – Link. Click here to download the PDF, or get this PDF and many others including our audio and video via iTunes (RSS 2.0 feed).
MAKE Flickr photo pool member iBuildAndDoStuff writes – “Here I am wearing the costume for the first time outside my garage! You can see my Q*Bert costume page at here… There you’ll find plans for the construction of the costume as well as movies of the costume in action. “ Photos & – link. This […]
