Build a desktop stand for your essential small tools.
My robotics team refers to our design method as “C.A.D.,” nerd code for Cardboard-Aided Design
No matter what kind of game you’re playing — whether itʼs Angry Birds, Grand Theft Auto, or an intense session of chess — you want the computer to behave unpredictably.
Folding clothes is a boring and laborious chore. So speed up the process by making a folding board out of cardboard and duct tape.
There’s a common argument that you can’t make anything useful on a 3D printer.
Take an unwanted desktop PC and build a bartop arcade gaming cabinet out of the parts.
A “few” years back, as a final-semester project at the NC State University School of Industrial Design, I made a kit of plywood parts from which could be assembled several useful pieces of children’s furniture.
Make a simple blackboard/bulletin board that cleverly uses a yardstick to divide the two. It's quick, easy, and makes a great gift too! Another great project from Make: contributor and toy inventor Bob Knetzger.
Explore biorobotics — use an Arduino to create a carnivorous plant that bites on command!
Looking around my styrofoam plate hovercraft for a place to mount a switch, I hit upon the battery clip itself. I thought of a bunch of projects — from breadboarding to BEAM robotics to Arduino — where a 9V battery clip with a built-in power switch could come in handy. But nobody seems to sell one. So I made my own — Das Neunvoltzensvitcher!
Flying big kites is a lot easier with this powerful line winder that’s out of the way until you need it.
Hide the device in the cupboard or fridge, and when the it detects movement, it will take a picture and post it right to your email! And if you use IFTTT, then you can automatically post the picture of the thief to Facebook, Twitter and show the thief's face to the entire world!
