Making Magic
Illusion designer John Gaughan is the man behind the curtain.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Revell Make ‘n Take day
Revell announced there own version of a meet-up called the Make ‘n Take. This time you, and your kids, can build a Camaro concept car kit. Here is the official announcement from Revell: Revell will hold the first national Make ‘n Take Day on March 8, 2008, a promotion that will allow young or first […]
Mr. Jalopy’s Variety Store
MAKE pal, muse, and contributing editor Mr. Jalopy has an awesome-looking variety store in LA called Coco’s. The store has a blog. Coco’s Variety sells flyswatters, glass 5 gallon water bottles, headache remedies, oil cloth by the yard, used bicycles, California souvenir tablecloths, Kit Kat Klocks, gum ball machines, Mexican Cokes in glass bottles, squirt […]
Control an RC car with a Wiimote
Here’s a cool hack that demonstrates how to use the accelerometer inside a Wiimote to control an RC car. Watch the video for details… Wii HACK – Wiimote RC-Car Control – [via], Link
DIY Helicopter kit
I doubt the MAKE Store will be carry this any time soon, but we can always dream. This is the ultimate kit to make and show off to all your friends. You can pick one up for under $30,000 which is cheap compared to other helicopters. Imagine showing up for the next meet-up in this […]
Super Mario shadow box
From the MAKE Flickr pool Josh used an original gameboy enclosure to frame some paper pixels – Unfortunately this one had the “bars of death” on the display and wouldn’t function properly. So I took it apart, stripped the guts out, and assembled a shadow box made from a Game Boy and Reverend Timothy’s papercraft. […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 – the misc
Here are some final odds and ends from the NYC Toy fair 2008, these aren’t necessarily DIY/Science – but things I thought were interesting, bizarre or a little of both … (pictured here, all year weather sled, you attach large ice blocks for summer use)… keep clicking for more! Metal GORT! Reissue of the first […]
