Skylanders Fish Sculpt
MAKE contributor I-Wei Huang, aka “Crabfu,” sent us the video for this fun sculpting project he did. It depicts a giant taxidermied “Leviathan” fish found in the wonderful Skylanders game.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
The First Citizen of My Personal Robot Nation Has Arrived
Back in November at AnDevCon II, I met Jonathan Hirshon of Horizon Communications, who hooked me up with a complimentary robot from My Robot Nation. This had nothing to do with Android; it probably came up because we had a MakerBot running in O’Reilly’s booth printing out little Androids (using casainho’s Android magnet design from Thingiverse). Enough about androids and robots. As ST:TNG’s Lt. Commander Data is so fond of reminding us, there is a difference between the two!
Breaking into Making: A Meditation
At what point did you know you were a “maker?” Making springs from an insatiable need to learn about, dissect, and modify. For some this impulse came early, for others, it didn’t arise until later. Maybe you were the kid who could always fix a broken bike, or you dug into your family’s first PC at a young age and didn’t stop until, years later, you had graduated to making complex gadgets using physical computing.
How-To: Clear Toy Storage Bags
Now that Santa has come and gone, get a jump on your New Year’s organization—and keep all of those tiny new pieces in one place—with these clear toy storage bags from Ashley at Make It and Love It! With drawstring tops that are easy for little hands to use and a clear pouch so you […]
So, What Did Santa Make You?
We’re dying to hear what some cool and interesting makery our readers got for presents. Erik Utter’s lucky 2 1/2 year old got this awesome Pluginator 5000, switch, patch, and plug box, built by dad.
Portal Christmas Tree
[Ryan Kelly and two of his business partners] created this insanely great Portal-themed Christmas Tree that presents the illusion of a tree being shoved through one of the interdimensional portals in the kick ass Valve game.
Tinker, Tinker, Little Star
We hope you and your are having a fantastic holiday in whatever tradition you celebrate. Speaking of tradition, last year we posed this depression-era Fleischer brothers cartoon, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year.” It got such a positive response, I think we’ll make it a tradition. It so delightful, inventive, and a perfect holiday message the maker spirit.