MAKE reader Bub the Zombie writes – “Here’s how-to make a Zombie Costume with an old suit, some blood, and inexpensive makeup. Gives good ideas for how to create a zombie costume of your own by creating what that person/zombie went through.” – Link. I was wondering what the top costumes might end up being […]
Hacked Gadgets has a really cool CD-ROM bot made from old junk, in the video the little bot creeps across the wire nicely… Blake writes – “I contructed a simple robot about a year ago. It’s chasis is made from an old SCSI CD-ROM drive. It uses the mechanics of the drive to pull itself […]
A human being may strap this to themselves very soon, ing.petz writes – “Andreas is designing and building a turbine-powered personal flying suit. In principle this is going to be similar to the well-known “Bell Rocket Belt”, the difference is the power plant and controlling of the unit. While the “Rocket Belt”, originating form the […]
Irina might just be one the best balloon artists around! We’ve covered a few balloon art projects here, but these are incredible! – Link (blog) & about Irina + ballon art photos. Related: Make balloon molecules – Link. Balloon sculptures – Link. Balloon art – Link.
MAKE group member PeterCD shares the rebuilding of a Royal Enfield Bullet spoked wheel, he writes – “Rebuilding a spoked motorbike wheel, this involves lacing the spoke pattern and for Part 2, truing the wheel. This particular pattern belongs to the Royal Enfield Bullet. Before starting it’s a good idea to take photos of the […]
Microsoft has how to read those little bar codes the post office uses on your mail… – “This article describes how to read a postal bar code in order to determine whether Microsoft Word created a correct postal bar code. A postal bar code is composed of three main components: framing bars, number bars, and […]
Twist writes – “This is a Fig Rig Steadicam made from PVC pipe. This parts, which can be picked up at Home Depot, cost about $10. Assembly took 30 minutes.” – Link. Related: DV Camera stabilizer made from PVC – Link. Homemade FigRig (a small DV camera stabilizer) – Link. Video Camera Stabilizer – Link. […]
