Weekend Project: Make a Lensless Microscope
Turn a video camera into a lensless miscroscope and record what you see! Fun and easy project. Credit for the original project goes to Tom Zimmerman. From Make Magazine Volume 14.
Year: 2009
Weekend Project: Soda Bottle Rocket
With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. From Make Volume 5 by Steve Lodefink.
Weekend Project: Make an Electronic Cricket
Modify an ordinary solar powered yard light and create a nightime chorus of crickets that sing through the night! Fun weekend project!
Weekend Project: Styrofoam Plate Speaker
Make a decent sounding speaker from a disposable styrofoam plate. EZ and cheap project with surprising results!
Weekend Project: Hard Drive Wind Chimes
Reuse a crashed hard drive or two for a set of wind chimes. Easy to make and sound great.
Weekend Project: Aircraft Band Receiver
Take an old AM/FM transistor radio and make a quick modification so it picks up Air Traffic Control, Air Shows and other Civil Aviation Band transmissions. Amazing!
Weekend Project: In-Car Camcorder Mount
Rig an onboard camera like the cops and NASCAR, for 15 bucks.
