Top 10: Flamethrowers!
A look at ten of our favorite flamethrowers covered here on Make:.
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How-To: Pistol Flamethrower
Scares off wildlife, starts campfires, melts ice, burns weeds, and works wonders on nose hair. What could possibly go wrong? The grip is built up from laminated laser-cut 1/8″ ply. Nice design from Instructables user PDRWLSN.
Korg Releases Two New Monotron Synths
Everybody’s favorite hackable retro analog ribbon synth just got two new cousins: the Monotron Delay and the Monotron Duo. The names are pretty straight-up: The Monotron Delay has an analog “tape echo” effect, while the Duo has two individually-tunable oscillators.
Man Flies in Electric Multi-copter
It’s being widely reported as the first time an electric multi-copter has carried a human being aloft. Germans Thomas Senkel, Stephan Wolf, and Alexander Zosel are the brains behind e-volo, a 16-copter with four groups of four blades, each of which is driven by a separate motor. The first human-carrying flight is reported to have lasted one minute and thirty seconds.
“Jacob’s Lantern”
Nice Halloween stunt from maker Matt Coates, aka mattjackets. Illuminated from within by the classic traveling arc, Matt’s Jack-o’-lantern this year is carved with a high-voltage hazard symbol instead of a face.
WristBow Crossbow-Gauntlet (with Laser)
Here’s something every aspiring superhero need, a wrist-mounted crossbow with a laser sight. Built in ten days from scratch by maker and laser enthusiast Patrick Priebe, the compact armament thrusts hand-made carbon fiber bolts with pinpoint accuracy.
Kinect Robots & Gadgeteer: Microsoft at Maker Faire (video)
See what Microsoft had to offer in their tent at World Maker Faire New York 2011. Microsoft sponsors Maker Faire and we’re excited to see them embrace the maker movement. Since bringing their Gadgeteer prototyping platform to Maker Faire last year, they’ve seen makers start using their .NET-programmable modular devices, inspiring them to make the hardware more widely available. Microsoft also brought their Kinect robots built on the Robotics Developer Studio 4 platform. They’re running a competition for robot concepts ($10K prize) built on RDS4.
