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Turn Your House Into a Screen With Projection Mapping
You can use projection mapping to create a spooky display that’s sure to impress all your candy-seeking visitors — and it won’t cost you a cent.

Glowing 3D-printed ghosts on animatronic controllers, next to a laptop running free motion control software
Print, build, and animate your own musical ghosts using Bottango’s free animatronic software.

Salvage tiny motors from discarded electric toothbrushes and use them for five fun projects!

Hey Robot! Build Your Own AI Companion
Chat with and command your own embedded-AI companion bot using local LLMs.

Luke Iseman holding a large balloon filled with sulfur dioxide
It’s easy to feel like climate change is too big of a problem for makers to tackle; I certainly felt this way.

The Clue Coffee Scale
Load cell + microcontroller = precision weight measurement for a truly superior espresso.

Remaking History: Raise Water Using Fire With Thomas Savery’s “Miner’s Friend”
Re-create Thomas Savery’s proto-steam engine — the first industrial machine to use fossil energy.

Amateur Scientist: Detect Cosmic Dust & Space Debris
Tweak the Make: Twilight photometer to detect micrometeors and orbital junk 400 miles high.

Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Weather Bird
Make a science toy that can forecast the weather.

Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Talking Zombie Needle-Felt Doll Maker
Needle-felt these mini zombie dolls — and make them yelp!

Build a PC From Scratch
The old-school tower PC is modular, sustainable — and cool looking!

Bag to the Future: Sew a Trendy Messenger Bag With Light-Up LED Animations
Build an illuminated, animated, tessellated tote using LED pebble lights and 3D-printed fabric.