New in the Maker Shed: Poulsen’s wire recorder kit
Use a wire and the power of magnetism to record your own voice! Record and play back sound on almost any metal that can be magnetized.
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New in the Maker Shed: Creepy CRAFT Bundle
Start out your monster making experience by reading the tutorial found in CRAFT, Volume 06. Next, crack open the DIY Mini Monster kit and hand-sew your first adorable little monster. When you’re all done, use the included Maker’s Notebook to sketch out some new designs. Before you know it, your entire house will be overrun by tons of plush monsters!
New in the Maker Shed: FX Master Bundle – 5 DVDs
This FX Master Bundle includes all 5 of our Effects Master Class DVDs! Each DVD is 3 hours long and packed with lessons taught by professional artists, most of whom work in Hollywood at effects houses
New in the Maker Shed: Gennai Hiraga’s Spark Generator
Hiraga Gennai (1729-79) was an Edo period Japanese pharmacologist, physician, author, painter, and inventor who is well known for his Erekiteru (electrostatic generator). This cool little box replicates his early work in creating static charge.
New in the Maker Shed: Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction
We’ve come a long way from the Peashooter Era: with the advent of modern household products and office supplies–binder clips, clothespins, rubber bands, ballpoint pens, toothpicks, paper clips, plastic utensils, and (of course) matches and barbeque lighters–troublemakers of all stripes have the components needed to build an impressive, if somewhat miniaturized, arsenal.
New in the Maker Shed: 4-Bit Microcomputer Kit
Features a 20-key keypad, a single 7-segment LED, and 7 individual LEDs, and comes with 7 bits of software built in: an organ (basic tone generator), sound hit game, whack-a-mole, tennis, timer, music player, and Morse code generator. It’s a fun, retro kit, just begging to be hacked!
In the Maker Shed: Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things
Ingenuity has met its match in frequent Make Magazine contributor Cy Tymony. In his book, Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things, Cy combines the sneaky fun of his Sneaky Uses series with the growing interest in green living. The result is an easy-to-practice manual for conserving energy.