Kit-A-Day Giveaway: Defusable Alarm Clock Kit
Today’s item is a Defusable Alarm Clock Kit (retail value $35). Here’s John Baichtal’s review of the kit from the Guide…
Contest
Kit-A-Day Giveaway: Free MakerBot!
To kick things off, we’re giving away a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic (a $1,300 value), featured on the cover of the Ultimate Kit Guide.
Halloween Contest Prizes 2011 Shipped!
We really enjoyed organizing the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween Contest this year. We’ve already shown you the winners, but thought we’d share more about the sweet prizes. I got to pack up the goodies and snapped a few pictures before the FedEx guy picked them up. Thanks to all who entered the contest! Above: 1st place in food, awarded to Marc Brownlow for his Skull Truffles.
Enter the MAKE Halloween Contest – Deadline Today!
There are a bunch of great projects in our Halloween contest on Make: Projects, but yours is still missing! Enter your Halloween projects today by 11:59pm PT to enter to win great prizes.
Make: Projects – Costume Minigun
From user Douglas Desrochers. The barrels appear to be PVC. They rotate around a piece of 1/2″ copper pipe, and a high-intensity LED is positioned to shine down the top one, strobing as the barrels spin. The whole thing is driven by the motor and battery pack from a cheap cordless drill. Let the Predator jokes commence.
How-To: Make a BoogieBot Robot Costume
On CRAFT, Brookelynn writes: “I know a little girl who has wanted to be a robot for as long as she can remember- a dancing robot, to be precise. The best thing about being a kid is letting your imagination run wild. The best thing about being a grown-up is being able to make a child’s dreams come to life. Introducing the BoogieBot 5000, the best robot Halloween costume ever.”
The Weekend Projects Challenge Continues
For this weekend, I thought it would be a good idea to remind you all that we’re still running a special build challenge for our Weekend Project series. Build a franken-mod of any of our current projects and you could win.
