Little Robots: Tutorial on building telepresence toys
Tony Thompson designed these Little Robots to help keep in touch with his fiancé.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Propeller-powered Arcade Machine
MAKE subscriber Jeff writes in to share his latest project, a Propeller powered Arcade Machine.
Most useless Lego machine
Inspired by the most useless machine, Karel decided to make a clone using LEGO and some switches.
A virtual dog for a real cat
Hans Ruber designed the virtual dog Miku for an installation, then set it up for his cat to play with.
Lego 1:40 USS Intrepid
Ed Diment is working on a minifig-scale aircraft carrier. The picture above shows an anti-aircraft battery — imagine the detail on the entire ship! The USS Intrepid is an Essex Class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy (USN). She is currently berthed in New York and serves as a museum, but had an operational […]
Sudoku puzzle solver using awk
The application I chose to use as an example is “yet another sudoku puzzle solver”. This program uses a very simple depth-first recursive backtracking algorithm with up-front and ongoing elimination of invalid entries.
Sean Kenney, professional Lego builder
Kenney was featured in a Japanese public television show, New York Wave. The crew followed me for several months and created this full-length episode that shows how I work and what I do. Watch as I create a giant LEGO model of Times Square, play with kids at events, and take on my biggest project […]