“Design For Hack” in Medicine
MacGyvering nurses and Legos are helping to create MEDIKits for better health care.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Chess à la Voltron
Say hello to Thing #19733 from Joseph Larson of Provo, UT, aka Thingiverse user cymon. It’s his entry in the just-closed TinkerCAD Chess Set Design Challenge. You can browse all 250+ entries….
Wood Pallet Bike Rack
I love this inventive and environmental way to rack your bikes by using a pair of wood pallets.
How Toys Can Save Lives on CNN’s The Next List This Sunday (April 1)
CNN’s The Next List this Sunday, April 1, will profile Jose Gomez-Marquez, who hacks toys to make inexpensive and flexible medical equipment for developing countries.
New and Awesome on Make: Projects
Make: Projects is a wiki where the MAKE community posts their projects. Did you know that includes recipes? Check out what’s new, and add your own projects.
How-To: Build a HAMP Nerf Blaster
Our “Better Nerf Gun” in MAKE Volume 29 is a beautifully overengineered Nerf dart blaster that’s built by metal lathing, woodworking, thread tapping, and other labors of love. You’d be proud to display it on the coffee table or above your cubicle as a warning to would-be office assailants. But as soon as we published […]
“Tacocopter” Scheme Spotlights Delivery-by-Drone Prospects
Tacocopter has been trending for awhile, now, but I wanted to hold off on covering it until the hype wore off a bit and a more sober analysis appeared. And now it has, thanks to Huffington Post reporter Jason Gilbert, who got an interview with MIT Personal Robots Group alum Star Simpson, one of three brains behind behind the project…