How-To: Make little green army men from paracord
Instructables user seamster produced this cool little DIY-posable-army-guy tutorial for their ongoing Paracord Contest. It’s OD cord over a wire armature, with one foot glued to a cardboard base.
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How-To: Build a model Hubble Space Telescope
Our intrepid space-beat reporter Rachel Hobson spotted these cool model Hubble Telescopes on the Hubble website: There are three versions: a PVC pipe version, a basic paper model version, and an expert paper model version that even includes the internal structure of the telescope. Why not host a little Hubble-building party with some friends and […]
Getting to know “foamies”
One of the things we talk about in the new issue of MAKE, in my “Remote Control State of the Art” piece, is foamies, R/C planes made out of foam building material, often carved from blueboard insulation foam. They have getting started info, videos of foamies in action, project articles, and they even sell plans […]
Free promotional plastic resin sampler puzzle
I don’t often blog promotional giveaways, but this one is pretty sweet: Minnesota’s Proto Labs offers injection molding in a bunch of different plastics. The really cool part is, if you’re in North America and you register at their site, they’ll send you a free 4x4x4 unit polycube puzzle, with nine pieces, each molded in a different color and from a different polymer resin. There’s green HDPE, white polypropylene, mauve ABS, clear polycarbonate, yellow polycarbonate/ABS blend, orange polyoxymethylene, red polyester, blue nylon, and black glass-filled nylon. And purple horseshoes! I already snagged mine!
In the Makers Market: Nintendo cartridge harmonicas
I first blogged about Brian H.’s classic NES “harmonicarts” two weeks ago. Since that time, I am pleased as punch to announce, Brian has opened a store selling them in our very own Makers Market. Right now he’s got Top Gun and WWF Wrestlemania versions available, both in the key of C major.
Star Wars LEGO iPhone dock
Maker Chris Harrison built this cheerful Star Wars inspired LEGO iPhone dock.
Interactive Audio Sculpture Garden
Makers Stephanie McCarty and Andrew Siu built this fun interactive audio device using a couple of Arduino and some miscellaneous parts.
