The Foamerator
Natalie @ Craft found this fun tutorial on making a Super Foam-erator – a great easy (and messy!) kid’s project for out in the yard.
Toys and Games
Independence Day – make some noise!
Our city prohibits street fireworks within the city limits (though you couldn’t tell from the noise on 4th of July night!). We’re going to contribute our own safe, legal noises this year with some Really Obnoxious Noise Makers from this Instructable.
Jelly bean gun from Hazard Factory
Saturday I went to Artopia in Seattle’s Georgetown area. Lots of cool art everywhere! Divide from Hazard Factory explained his (very loud) jelly bean gun, yet another way to dramatically fling things into the air. Only use this outside! More: Make a Spud Gun Instructions and 3D PDF The SGTC Mega-Launcher Spudgun
Arduino controlled Powerball Game
This is a nice Arduino project that uses a Powerball and a sensor to control a spaceship. The game is running in Flash, and it uses an Arduino to receive data from the sensor in the Powerball. I wish there was a little more details on the actual electronics of the build. There are two […]
Sophisticated cigar box guitar
Ronnie Hinton of Florida made a tunable six-string cigar box guitar, base on the project in MAKE vol. 4. As the video on his site shows, he can play a decent tune or two on it! From the pages of MAKE: Cigar Box Guitar by Ed Vogel in MAKE volume 4 – preview online (digital […]
Rubik’s Cube costume hat
Instructables user peterthehun made this costume hat replica of a Rubik’s Cube. Oddly disturbing, and I wonder how he can see out of it!
Increase the broadcast range of your RC car with some aluminum foil
This simple hack shows you how to increase the transmission range of any RC car by at least 50 feet by adding some aluminum foil to the remote control. Watch the video for the simple solution. [via]