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Fully Operational Toy Fort

Wow, this castle is tricked out! Jenny of Dos Family shares an awesome fort that her young friend Agnes’ grandmother Lena made for her. Lena thought of multiple ways to expel objects from the fort: peashooter, slingshot, elevator, plank, tosser and catapult. I would have so much fun playing with this! More: Another Dos Family […]

Diet Coke and Mentos Kit

Diet Coke and Mentos Kit

Recreate the Internet sensation in your own backyard! Fresh from their performance at Maker Faire, the guys at EepyBird hand-crafted replica PVC nozzles just like the ones they use themselves. Each kit contains a variety of nozzle cuts to give you the coolest, highest-shooting geysers. They even throw in a pack of Mentos to get […]

DIY Smart Autofocus Assist Lamp

DIY Smart Autofocus Assist Lamp

Simple, handy hack from Flickr user Malowz to overcome the common autofocus problem many cameras have when shooting dark subjects. The lamp mounts on his camera’s hot shoe, and spotlights the subject when the shutter button is half-pressed, giving the autofocus plenty of light to work with, and then turns the lamp off, on the full press, for the duration of the exposure.