Use a cellphone camera for espionage that captures long-distance secret activities! Thanks go to Eric Rosenthal for the original article in Make: Volume 16 To download The Portable Spy Scope MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Portable Spy Scope article in MAKE: Volume 16 “Portable Spy Scope”
Here are the viewer-submitted Maker Channel videos for episode 2 of Make: television Veggie Flute – Junji Koyama makes beautiful music with carrots, peppers and broccoli. Swashbot – I-Wei Huang shows off his cool crab-like remote control robots. Latte Art Printer – Oleksiy Pikalo programs his printer to etch intricate designs in a latte’s froth. […]
In this ‘Hidden Treasures’ segment, Mister Jalopy urges makers to go big or go home. Marrying the powerful technology of the MP3 player with the old-time elegance of the stereo cabinet, he creates a giant iPod. Get the m4v or subscribe in iTunes. Or watch on YouTube or Blip.
Need to launch hot dogs, brats, and other stadium snacks into the upper bleachers at your local ballpark? Then build a Burrito Blaster with John Park. Based on the classic combustion-powered “spud gun” project, this cannon instead relies on an air power. Made with everyday objects like a sprinkler solenoid, PVC, and simple circuitry, this […]
Tell Cris Benton to go fly a kite. He’ll return with breathtaking photographs taken from seemingly impossible vantage points. As a young architect, Cris wanted sharp images of his buildings’ upper reaches, so he pioneered the art/science of of aerial kite photography. Now a professor of architecture at UC Berkeley, Cris is still a leader […]
Secretly shoot your voice across the room on a laser beam in this fun and easy project. Thanks go to Simon Quellen Field for the original article in Make: Volume 16 To download The Simple Laser Communicator View MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Simple Laser Communicator article in MAKE: […]
ScreamBody – Kelly Dobson wears her voice-activated scream machine. Laser Harp – Stephen Hobley’s amazing musical instrument produces different tones by interrupting various laser beams. Cupcake Cars – Paul Ozello’s small go-kart type cars are shaped and decorated like dessert–sweet! [Trouble Maker] TV Be Gone – Mitch Altman’s secret remote control hat can turn off […]
