Guts!
Don’t be afraid! It’s just expanding foam, a few bits of string, and some red paint.Gothic Nightmare’s page will show you how to make the severed legs twitch, too.
DIY Projects
Bokode at Home
Fascinated by MIT’s Bokode data tag system, maker Matthew Borgatti decided to recreate the effect at home using easy to find materials.
Build an experimental echo pedal
Build an experimental echo pedal using the pt2399 echo IC.
Pepakura-cast Halo helmet
YouTuber utubewarrenj is part of a community of cosplayers that are using a pretty amazing low-tech process to go from digital models to relatively accurate, durable real-world objects. Basically, they print out, fold up, and tape together elaborate paper models (for an idea of how much work this is, check out this video by SeamusRocks99), then fiberglass over and/or cast liquid polymer resin into them to produce durable full-size artifacts, which is what he’s showing here.
DIY Street View camera
As part of a course at the United States Military Academy at West Point, maker Roy D. Ragsdale developed a prototype Street View-like camera array using a laptop, $300 in off-the-shelf components, and open source software.
Research exemption – calm down, it’s ok to “make” something for fun that’s patented
After releasing the “Open source Homeland Security non-lethal weapon – The Do-it-yourself handheld LED-based Incapacitator” a few folks around the web emailed or posted saying “you can’t build that for yourself, or even for fun, it’s patented!” – This comes up once and awhile in the world of making things, perhaps it’s a good conversation […]
How to make a slip ring connection for a spinning sign
I am working on a new project, and I need an electrical connection that can rotate 360 degrees. You can buy a slip ring or rotating electrical connector, but then again, you can attempt to make your own.