Month: January 2009

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Need to launch hot dogs, brats, and other stadium snacks into the upper bleachers at your local ballpark? Then build a Burrito Blaster with John Park. Based on the classic combustion-powered spud gun project, this cannon instead relies on an air power. Made with everyday objects like a sprinkler solenoid, PVC, and simple circuitry, this project is great for picnics, games, and other outside fun.

Download the PDF to plan your Burrito Blaster on makezine.tv

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Tell Cris Benton to go fly a kite. Hell return with breathtaking photographs taken from seemingly impossible vantage points. As a young architect, Chris wanted sharp images of his buildings upper reaches, so he pioneered the art/science of of aerial kite photography. Now a professor of architecture at UC Berkeley, Chris is still a leader in the aerial kite photography community, constantly developing new ways to rig remotely controlled cameras to customized kites for stunning results. Also, see the centuries-old technique of using kites to lift people in the air! Watch the clip, and check out Chris website http://www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/index.html