There are about three weeks left for you to submit your solution for the MakeShift featured in MAKE Volume 24. Here’s the challenge: Hawk Rescue! The Scenario: You’re one of a group of eight intrepid girl scouts, all 11 or 12 years old, who are off on their own for a hike in a mountain […]
There’s about one month left to submit a solution for the MakeShift featured in MAKE Volume 22. Here is the challenge: The Scenario: You’re an avid and experienced snowmobiler off to meet up with a friend at a remote cabin some 60 miles back in a rocky and forested wilderness. You know the terrain can […]
You’ve got one month left to submit your solutions for the MakeShift featured in MAKE Volume 21. The deadline is Friday, May 28. Here’s the challenge: The Scenario: You’ve had a long and crappy day at work. What’s more, it’s raining. Hard. You pile into the front seat of your car with your umbrella, waterproof […]
Has anyone else noticed a lot of movies with trebuchets and other catapults in them? I sure have. For instance, they were the special-effects stars in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, particularly, the Return of the King. They’ve been on TV as well: Fox Sports, the Simpsons, Northern Exposure, PBS Nova, Warner Brother’s cartoons and probably many others.
Bill Gurstelle is your MAKEcation counselor for the make-a-trebuchet Family Challenge. Build a trebuchet and post pictures tagged “MAKEcation” in the MAKE Flickr pool to enter to win a $100 Maker Shed gift certificate! More in my series of posts on How to Build a Catapult. In this post, I discuss Catapults, Ballistas, Trebuchets and […]
Bill Gurstelle is your MAKEcation counselor for the make-a-trebuchet Family Challenge. Build a trebuchet and post pictures tagged “MAKEcation” in the MAKE Flickr pool to enter to win a $100 Maker Shed gift certificate! Catapults are wonderful, exciting examples of technology. (I use the catapult to mean any projectile hurling device of ancient descent. Such […]
Mountain Bike Rescue This Friday, May 22nd, is the deadline for the MakeShift challenge that appeared in MAKE, Volume 17. To enter, send a detailed description of your MakeShift solution with sketches and/or photos to makeshift@makezine.com. Here’s the challenge: The Scenario: You and your best friend, both experienced mountain bikers, take off on a daylong […]
