How-To: “Operation” costume
You know, you kind of have to see it blown up to life-size before you realize just how creepy the “Operation” game really is. Outstanding costume build by Instructables user NavySWO91. It works just like the game!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
How-To: Simple bike trailer
Instructables user cmachia made a simple bike trailer from some scavanged wood and two bike tires to fill a need to haul more stuff than fits in a backpack.
Make your food look better with augmented reality cookies
The fine folks over at Telart have been baking up some special cookies. Instead of worrying about making their cookies look appetizing, they instead focused their efforts on making them look like a fiducial, and then used an augmented reality program to put their logo on top of the cookie
Build iPhone apps with Flash
It would seem that Adobe has squeezed Flash onto the iPhone. It is not in its usual guise as a browser plugin, but rather as a method to build full-fledged apps downloadable from the iPhone App Store.
Stepper motor bike light generator
Over on DinoFab, Dean shows off his latest bike improvement, an LED light system that uses a generator built from an old printer stepper motor. He points readers to this article about how to generate electricity using steppers. Stepper Motor Powered Bike Light
Intern’s Corner: My robot of mass destruction
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 Let’s admit it. We’ve all had thoughts of building our own robot of mass destruction. Well, I was able to do just that for […]
Bike builders compete to build best commuter bike ever
The fine folks over at Core77 have a bunch of pictures from the launch of the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge. The top 12 designs will be on display for the duration of the event.