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Tesla coil guitar Steve Connor plays his tesla coil guitar amplifier
RFID implant Amal Graafstra opens locks and other devices with his hand-implanted RFID tag.
Solar-powered Gondola Reno Tondelli takes us on a spin with his Solar Powered Bicycle Gondola.
Submit a video of your own project at makerchannel.org.
Journey upstream with environmentalist Dan McCormick, a maker who crafts intricate watershed sculptures out of woven willow branches. Dan places his eco-art in gullies and riverbanks to help reduce erosion and filter out sediment and farm fertilizers that can clog streams and suffocate spawning salmon. And see other manmade structures built to help fish return to their origins.
Learn more about Dan McCormick at http://www.landviews.org/la2003/meaning-dm.html
John Park builds some lively and inexpensive miniature robots. Starting with a simple vibrabot made from a scrub brush, John assembles a solar junkbot and a slightly more complex beetlebot, which has paper clip feelers attached to switches that allow it to respond to its environment. All it takes are a few common electronic components and some everyday objects and you can make an entertaining robot all your own.
In this Hidden Treasures segment, Mister Jalopy reveals the wonders of a Skippy Peanut Butter jar he bought at a garage sale that is chockfull of a kids treasures circa the 1950s.
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Uber Tuber Zack Gens and Ted Groessling slice and French fry potatoes with each blast of an air cannon.
Freeline Skates – Ryan Farrellys skates are made to simply step on and ride like two mini-skateboards.
Asteroids Watch – John Maushamers watches tell time while playing Asteroids and Pong.
Motorized Wheelchair Lance Greathouses custom wheelchair shoots flames.
Submit a video of your own project at makerchannel.org.
Ride along with Ali Momeni and his bicycle fleet of mobile video projectors that transform public spaces into eye-popping sound and light shows. Alis group, Art on Wheels brings ephemeral art to the masses by modifying vendor carts into portable projection systems that can roll to a site, set up and illuminate city walls at a moments notice, then whisk away into the night. Also, see the first projector, the magic lantern, thats still in use today.
Learn more about Ali Momeni and Art on Wheels at http://minneapolisartonwheels.org/.
Taking a motor from an old exercise treadmill and some PVC pipe, John Park constructs a wind-powered generator. The electrical power may not be enough to get your home off the grid, but the great thing about the project is how it explains in simple terms the technology involved in turning wind into free electricity.
Download the PDFs for these projects at www.makezine.tv
