Reanimating a robotic pet as a FrankenDog 11/02/2009 Have a broken robotic toy that you want to bring back from the dead? Why not follow the lead of...
Tic-Tac-Toe computer learns with beans 11/02/2009 James Bridle built this version of Donald Michie's Tic-Tac-Toe solving computer, MENACE (Matchbox Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine). Not what...
Secret knock detector 11/02/2009 RFID card readers becoming passé? Maybe what you need to guard the door to your high-tech lair is a secret...
Storing data in waves: Delay line memory 11/02/2009 It's the '60s, and you don't have access to a semiconductor fab to make piles of cheap memory for you,...
The long zoom of cells 10/31/2009 Still trying to get a grip on the relative size of say, an X chromosome and a ribosome? Then you...
Interactive fonts, for when ‘bold’ isn’t enough 10/30/2009 Can't decide on a typeface for your next project? Why not choose them all, with Michael Flückiger and Nicolas Kunz's...
LEGO kitchen counter 10/30/2009 Restrictive homeowners’ association preventing you from building your entire house out of LEGO? To help convince them of the importance...
Chair made of drinking straws 10/30/2009 Scott Jarvie made this Clutch Chair using more than 10,000 drinking straws. This one is apparently an art piece rather...
Remote control pumpkin 10/29/2009 MAKE subscriber Ian writes in to share his Halloween project, a remote-control, color changing pumpking. To control the pumpkin, he...
Controlling a MIDI synthesizer with light 10/29/2009 I like where Youtube user DanieleMattei is going with his video Filter control via light blob tracking in Processing. Using...