With MAKE Volume 20, the Kids Issue, on newsstands right now, I got to thinking about previous MAKE projects that would be fun to build with the bambinos over the holidays. The Recycled Kaleidoscope project from MAKE Volume 14 would be a super fun build. Got any plastic CD cases laying around? Put em to […]
Jan Van Nuenen made this solar-powered strobe-opto-theremin-synth-thing, the Sunnan Synth. Built using a $20 desk lamp and a couple dollars worth of electronics, it lets you get your beeping and bleeping in while away from the grid.
Regular laptop stand too boring for your taste? Check out the monster monster stand instead.
MAKE subscriber Dan Wagoner points out this well-executed remake of Biegert & Funk’s Qlock2 – a clock that displays the time in conversational sentence format. Flickr member Ruud Burger gives a quick rundown of his project – Remake of the QlockTwo by Biegert & Funk. Using an Arduino Mega Clone + DCF77 module to get […]
The coconut is nature’s Altoid tin. If there was one accessory that could drastically improve the coconut it would be the zipper. On Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya, it would appear that they’ve developed a decent trade around this concept.
MAKE subscriber bumpercrop writes in to share this excellent Harry Potter-inspired whereabout clock, The Magic Clock. In the story, the clock is a magical item with hands that show the location of each family member.
Although it can’t be a terribly accurate way to make polycube puzzle pieces, I must admit I am charmed by Qiao Chang’s origami soma cube blocks. [via Neatorama]
