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Find My: DIY AirTag Tracker
Understanding, (ab)using, and extending Apple’s offline finding protocol

Flying Specter by Tom Heck
I designed and built this 10-foot-tall costume for Halloween 2020 for about $100. The head is a giant plastic skull I found at a Halloween store, and I downloaded creepy scary sounds from Spotify and played them on a Bluetooth speaker attached to my waist.

Edible Eyeballs: Elevate Your Spooky Libations With These Easy Treats
These edible eyeballs are made from a popular traditional Japanese snack called shiratama. They’re fun and spooky and also not too gross looking, perfect for Halloween!

Add Awesome Smoke And Fire Effects To This Ghost Rider ­— Or Any Costume­
Adding smoke and flame effects to your costume is easier than you might think, using a vaping e-cig loaded with vegetable glycol and pumped using a small aquarium pump. This effect, combined with some flickering LEDs tucked into inconspicuous places, can give a realistic fire and smoke look to your next costume.

Build a GIF-Powered Magic 8-Ball
Ask and behold your future told — in memes — with this twist on a classic toy

DIY Fume Hood
One of the largest obstacles I faced when first starting to cosplay was what to do with all the toxic fumes created by a lot of products I needed to use, such as contact cement and spray paint. The easiest thing to do is work outside but that’s not possible in all situations, especially duringthe winter.

Send Electrical Power Through The Air To Light Up LEDs Wirelessly
Inductive chargers are becoming more popular for phones, watches, headphones, and other devices — they’re everywhere!

Tin Can Rocket Stove
Get cooking with this ultra-efficient woodstove made from scrap

Plastic Bag Ice Cream In 3 Easy Steps
If you shake cream and ice long enough, it turns into ice cream. Sweet! But just how much shaking, and for how long?

Motion Animated NeoPixel LED Skirt
Make a Light-up skirt with 120 hidden full-color LEDs that respond to your movements

Needle Felted Eyeballs: Easy and Creepy
Eyeballs are my favorite things to make.

Dormio Dream Incubator
Build the Dormio "dream incubator" to influence and access your hypnagogic lucid dreams