The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Eric Chu, engineering intern There aren’t many low-budget ways to customize one’s yo-yo. The most common ones are either painting or dyeing, but they’re limited: paint chips off […]
Artist Marshall Astor created this working Rubik’s cube in cast bronze. There’s tons of detail on the creation process at his personal website. [via Neatorama]
The Copenhagen Wheel recently demonstrated at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change is a clever device that can store energy every time you apply the breaks and then reapply it in the form of motor assist as you ascend a hill on your bicycle.
Looking for something fun to do with that special gamer in your life? Well, you might want to try Ed Keeble’s Pong Prom, which combines the formerly disparate activities of slow dancing and pong.
Yury Gitman makes unique and thoughtful toys with snuggly plush and custom electronics. We’ve looked at his My Beating Heart toy before, and now he’s come up with ChuChi, the plush night light. Yury narrates this adorable demo video. Yury teaches a class at Parsons The New School for Design, where I met him when […]
Rich 3D graphics in standard web content without a plugin just got one step closer to reality. The Khronos Group recently announced the availability of the first WebGL specification draft.
Hundreds of makers all over the world have built compressed air rocket since we published the project in MAKE Vol. 15 (included in the kit). Now all the parts for making your own are available in the Maker Shed!
