Pancake-like VCSp – Portable 2600
Ben Heck is a golden god – here is his latest Atari 2600 portable – [via] – Link.
Year: 2006
Lottery machine…that plays DOOM
MAKE Flickr photo pool member command-tab seems to have scored a LOTTO / lottery machine, and dutifully did what any Maker would, install DOOM on it – the winning numbers are: I D D Q D – Link.
Train your brain with Brain Age for Nintendo DS
At the GDC Nintendo gave out advanced copies of “Brain Age” for the Nintendo DS – I love this “game” – everyone here has been playing it non-stop – “Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS is a fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy, as it helps players flex their […]
HOW TO – Save a snowflake for decades
Here’s how to save a snow flake, with super glue – ” Ever wanted to catch a snowflake and keep it forever? You can. This is a photograph of a snowflake that fell in January 1979, but it isn’t a 27-year-old photo. It is a recent shot of a snowflake that’s been sitting in chemist […]
Recorder Races!
What can you do with old Walkmans? Race them! – “The race management is pleased to announce: Date and place of the race for the title of is finally and ultimately fixed! The race will take place in the PHOENIXHALLE in Dortmund on Saturday, June 3rd 2006. So – dig out your old recorders from […]
Live blogging ABC’s American Inventor! 9pm PST
OK Makers, we’re going to live blog ABC’s American Inventor (again). If you’re on IRC, visit #make on irc.freednode.net and chat with us, or stop back here on the MAKE blog and see the recap after the show. We’ll have lots of images and descriptions of all the “inventions”. Post in the MAKE forums during […]
Tiny Helicopters
I love the You Built What?! articles in Popular Science – “A Norwegian engineer reinvented the way helicopters keep themselves stable. The result: create a radio-controlled craft that can take off from the palm of your hand” – Link.