DIY small electric buggies and go kart plans
Ian sells plans for many cool electric karts to make for the kids (or adults). It looks fun to drive from the videos… – Thanks Bf5man! Link. If anyone has bought these or plans to, let us know!
gift guides
MAKE’s Mostly Under $100 Gift Guide 2005!
MAKE proudly presents a gift guide for the holiday season with listings you certainly won’t find anywhere else. We asked a few MAKE staffers and pals to send in their favorite maker-friendly gift ideas for mostly under $100, as well as Associate Editor Phillip Torrone’s personal picks…happy holidays! May all of your warranties be voided!
Evil Mad Scientist on BBtv
MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder has a short interview with Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on today’s BBtv Vlog. Windell is showing off EMS Labs’ awesome Peggy, an LED plug-in lightboard kit. Vlog (Mark) – RESIST light pegboards by Evil Mad Science – Link
Model space capsules and mini-learn how-to frame a house kits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 you tend to see companies with a variety of products, Precision Modelworks has stunning and unique models of various space capsules – Saturn vehicles, Gemini capsules and others from the Mercury missions – if you’re a space buff these might be the only (and best) replicas in existence. In addition […]
Smart lab – solder free remote control kit for kids (and more)
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Smart Lab had a giant amount learning / science kits for what I would say are on the younger side of the maker timeline – remote control rockets, coin sorters, door alarms, electronics lab, first electronics, microscope, motor mania, rock star mic kit, shark model, stars & planets, voice changer, […]
Wooden hydraulic power kits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 there are some toy makers that are doing new things, White Wings is traditionally known for their high performance paper gliders based on the science of flight. Their planes were created by Japan’s foremost paper airplane authority, Dr. Ninomiya – they have robust balsa fuselages and special paper for the […]
Hydrodynamic building sets
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Bridge Street Toys had their geek-famous hydrodynamic building sets – you can build a model of an ice cream factory, a water treatment plant, a distillation plant and many other industrial structures. It shows how a siphon works, balance the flow through the plant by adjusting the valves. The user […]