Kiki posted an Instructable on making a waterproof bike basket using pieces of tarp and strong magnets. She’s a member of Theo Watson‘s “themakeclass” Instructables account where his students post up their innovative projects. Related: Bikes @ MAKE
Randy Sarafan made an Instructable on how to play mini golf anywhere with a Pringles can. He writes: This is an easy way to quickly convert a Pringles can into a portable golf hole in a matter of minutes. This is intended both for those who like to play minigolf but are on a limited […]
For those unfamiliar – a talk box device allows the user to modulate an instrument’s waveform by changing the shape of their own mouth (see the oft-cited “Do You Feel Like We Do” by Frampton) Though many examples can be found on the ‘nets, this instructable shows a nice straightforward method for building your own […]
Instructables user dpearce1 made a solar-powered motorized trike, and an instruction set to go along with it. From the instructable: The purpose of this project is to build a vehicle that: -Provides free, ‘green’ transportation for short distances (<10 miles), thus it must never plug into a wall socket, or emit any pollutants. -Charge while […]
This weekend at Maker Faire Instructables brought their laser cutter and was laser etching laptops, phones, and other things for free. My favorite is Alex Schlegel’s fractal-etched Vaio (source image included). If you had your gear etched, add a picture to the MAKE Flickr pool!
Instructables user RDN1 made a tutorial for hacking a solar-powered garden lamp into a light graffiti message projector. He writes: I recently read this interesting article in Wired magazine about “Light-Graffiti Hackers”. The Problem with light-graffities is that you need a power source to make them permanent, so you usually can’t put them everywhere you […]
Woah . . . a tank cake. Heavy duty military vehicles don’t exactly seem appetizing but that’s some smooth movement for a dessert (and most of what you see is actually edible). Dibs on the motor piece! Roll over to Instructables for deets on building – Moving Tank birthday cake
