Trotify your Bike, Monty Python Style
Trotify is a coconut-clopping bicycle attachment.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Audio Video Game
Sean McBeth of Philadelphia’s Hive76 hackerspace built this audio-based video game:
Tiny Fairy Doors
Sometimes you need a little magic in your life, and that is what Kate Benbow created when she made this tiny fairy doors appear in her home. I saw this on Design Sponge and was delighted to see a non-functional project that was made for the sole purpose of creating a splendid moment of joy for someone. How lovely and fun.
Weekend Projects – Covert Listening Book
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Covert+Listening+Book/2150/1
Connect an amplified listener with an in-car FM transmitter, and you’ve got a wireless bug. Place the circuit in a hollowed-out book with the microphone concealed by the dust cover, and you’ve got a super-sneaky covert listening device! Tune in via a FM radio receiver set to the correct frequency, and you’ll be able to hear through walls.
Google Glass: Wearable Tech’s Killer App?
Will Google Glass become wearable technology’s killer app?
Lego Pop-Up Buddhist Temple
Youtube user tapalz built this Lego temple that pops up out of its own enclosure.
Profile of Maker I-Wei Huang
The game site Polygon did a really nice profile and video mini-doc on our pal (and MAKE contributor) I-Wei Huang. I-Wei is best known in MAKE circles for Crabfu Steamworks, his steam powered robots and other cool creations that he bodges together in his spare time. In the gaming world, I-Wei is best known as the chief character and toy designer for Skylanders, the wildly-successful video game and toy line.
