Fun & Games

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.

Gadget Cache Road Trip!

Road tripping to solve the clever gadget cache contraptions of Trycacheus, in the “Disneyland of geocaching.”

alt.ctrl.GDC 2025 featured games with pirate ships, evil corporations, a giant cat butt, and limbs with a mission.

Wormhole players and collectors come together around pinball tournaments and keeping machines running. See the finer points of pinball restoration.

Liz Brager casts masterpieces of texture and color in resin. Learn how Alchemist’s Attic got started and her advice for making mind-blowing dice.

Check out some of the fun and games that can only be played at Maker Faire Bay Area 2024.

Build an arcade cabinet to play all your favorite old games – from full-size to micro.

From Forrest Mims’ new book: That time the National Enquirer asked me to help spy on Howard Hughes.

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