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Upgrade Your Winter Arsenal with an Automatic Snowball Launcher

Upgrade Your Winter Arsenal with an Automatic Snowball Launcher

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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It’s not truly winter until the first snowball flies. Arm yourself against your attackers with an automatic snowball launcher.

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These Engineering Students Put a T-Shirt Launcher on Their Hovercraft

These Engineering Students Put a T-Shirt Launcher on Their Hovercraft

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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In an effort to get more engineering students to attend college sporting events, these engineers are building a t-shirt launching hovercraft.

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For Those About To Launch, We Salute You

For Those About To Launch, We Salute You

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Our latest Weekend Project will launch not one, not two, but ten model rockets simultaneously! Built around a 555 Timer IC and a few different types of launch switches, this project is ideal for rocket clubs and launch events.

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Tiny Trebuchet Launches Virtual Bananas

Tiny Trebuchet Launches Virtual Bananas

By Michael Colombo

Michael Colombo

In addition to being an online editor for MAKE Magazine, Michael Colombo works in fabrication, electronics, sound design, music production and performance (Yes. All that.) In the past he has also been a childrens' educator and entertainer, and holds a Masters degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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ITP students Will Jennings and Lia Martinez built a small catapult (not a trebuchet in the strictest sense) that, when pulled back and released, announces “Banana” and triggers a video projection of said fruit flying into the wall. From Lia’s site:

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