Did you catch our recap of American Inventor? We live blogged the 2 hour premiere, cataloged and screenshot’ all the inventions – then we invited you to post comments, cheers and jeers in our MAKE forums, check it out and post up! – Link. Pictured here – Invention #16: The Tizzy Tube, when your kid […]
Jmumby writes – “Create a cheap yet effective dual ended light saber for a sci-fi fancy dress party. Anyone that has seen Star Wars knows Mr Kickarse ‘Darth Maul’. He was different, he had a light saber that had a blade on each end. He didn’t say much but you knew he was trouble. With […]
Ok Makers, we have a lot of new and interesting things we’re doing with MAKE, first we rolled out the MAKEbot, the first instant message bot from a magazine that delivers the news, audio, video, forums, how-tos, search, photos and more – next up – a public MAKE search for the print magazine. If you’re […]
Kevin writes – “After becoming frustrated with yet another spray bottle that didn’t work, I decided to fix the problem. And with the help of Dave Youngberg and Kevin Ostrom, developed a spray bottle that actually sprays out every drop of liquid. We’ve set up a blog and have a video here (3 mins) to […]
Ken writes – “I’ve created a modular, teleprescent, WiFi rover for $103. Pictures, CAD drawing, and more on the site. The project was created with an 8-year old laptop running Slackware Linux. Hope to add some neat gadgets like GPS, thermometer, IR…. Took my project to my local science fair this weekend and won 2nd […]
Thedahlpod writes – “I was given this challenge by my wife today: make a high-contrast mobile for our new son using only things we have in the house. Here’s how to make a baby mobile on the cheap from items you have around the house. All you need is an internet connection, some extra wire […]
Oliver has a lot of fun projects on this site – “Homebrew hardware, including a homemade TIG welder, focus fusion, and other HV/High risk pursuits” – Link. TIG (Tungsten inert gas) is also known as G.T.A.W (gas tunsten arc welding) or sometimes helearc which refers to the use of helium in the origanal desigs, and […]
