How-To: Dashboard Baking
Here’s how to make the most of your car’s excruciatingly hot dashboard with an ingenious tutorial from the infamous Mikeasaurus of Instructables.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Smartphone Rocket Launcher
In the iPhone ad “Powerful,” actors launched a group of model rockets with an iPhone. You can view the ad here. I thought this was insanely cool, but in typical Apple fashion, I couldn’t find out how they did it. I decided to take matters into my own hands and build my own system from scratch […]
Maker Hangar ep6: Maker Trainer 2
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I give you an intro to the Maker Trainer 2. See the changes and improvement I made from the old design and see all the advantages of this new plane. In the next episode, I’ll will show us how to build the entire airplane, so stay tuned!
Fresno’s Maker Month
Fresno is a great place for makers right now!
Maker Hangar 2 ep5: Flying a Tricopter
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I give you some tips on how to be successful when flying your tricopter. I also include some video shot from my tricopter when I brought it on vacation and flew it around.
Video Games Get Real With Evolve
Evolve looks like a pretty cool game. We’re not a gaming blog though, so I won’t even get into how interesting I think the ideas are behind the gameplay. Just a hint, this was made by the same team who created Left4Dead. What we like here at Make is making stuff. There must be a […]
Maker Hangar 2 ep4: Flight Controller Boards
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I’ll teach you about flight controller boards. You’ll learn what they are and what they do in a multicopter. I’ll also show you how to set up your tricopter with the Flip 1.5 Multi Wii Controller board.