In each MAKE we have a special “Howtoon” it’s one of my favorite sections – Howtoons is dedicated to the DIY kids world of science, engineering, art and crafts. The Howtoons universe was created by Saul Griffith, Nick Dragotta, and Joost Bonsen. They started out creating DIY projects thru the language of comics. Their work […]
MAKE pal I-Wei Huang has fallen big-time for mini-humanoid robots. We can only hope he won’t give up his steam obsession in the process. For ROBOTS-DREAMS, I-Wei has written an in-depth review of the A-621 GENEX Suit kit, a Polycarbonate skin/”body armor” for the Kondo KHR-2HV. Ever the kit basher, I-Wei added LED eyes to […]
Want to go green when bagging your groceries, but you don’t like the looks of most recycled shopping bags? Hannah of Made with Love by Hannah had the same problem: i’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for some kind of reusable grocery bags that tickled my fancy, but haven’t seen any that i liked enough […]
Natural heating, from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Avneyon… Link.
Here’s a quick recycle project by Joanie on Whip Up that’s fun for kids to make — use the card board from toilet paper rolls to make fun, decorative bracelets. Link.
A lovestruck man tricked his girlfriend into attending a fake art gallery opening in Chicago, only then to use the meticulously crafted installation to propose marriage. Adorable video – [via] Link. Direct YouTube video – Link.
Sometimes the DIY projects just aren’t that sexy, they’re downright grimy, thankless. Like this Instructable, for bringing an old gas grill back from the brink of the garbage heap. I’ve done this type of cleaning/refurbishing on grills before and it is not a lot of fun. But the results, and the pride found therein (not […]
