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Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Welcome — Toy Stories
This Toys and Games issue of MAKE is filled with fun projects to make that just might inspire you to see the world differently — as something you can shape, mold, shrink, and hack.
EMSL’s Digi Comp II (video)
The Digi Comp II is a replica of a binary mechanical computer that can perform basic mathematical functions. As shown by Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, it uses billiard balls as its counters and performs calculations in real time as the balls make their transit down a ramp with specially places guides and levers.
Toys from Trash
Arvind Gupta’s playful educational mission.
Science in Your Cereal Bowl!
These famous cereal premiums were tiny — but packed with mighty scientific principles!
Balsa Dreams
Paul K. Guillow’s model airplanes have been buzzing over parks since 1926.
Gears of War Lego Hack
Lego builder Guy Himber needed to play the piano 2,000 times in GoW3 to earn an award. However, that didn’t sound like much fun so he created a Lego robot to do it for him. This hits the ‘X’ button at about 67 times per minute, though I think only about 1/2 of them actually […]