Jesse Dill writes about the Garbasail kite on Build/Make/Craft/Bake: I first found out about Garbasails when they were featured as Urban Dictionary’s word of the day. A few curious clicks later, I was completely hooked on the idea. It’s a simple formula: trash bags + duct tape + a lot of rope = one very […]
We love it when our family members get involved with MAKE and send us suggestions for websites, tools, magazines, etc. Brain F Murphy, our photo editor Sam Murphy’s dad, sends her cool hobby and tech links he comes across. Here’s a video he sent of the Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, Germany, the world’s largest model […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member ohammersmith lasercut a full set of chess pieces from plywood – This is a chess set I made for my Grandfather’s 90th birthday. I designed them in SketchUp and cut them out of 1/8″ plywood with the laser cutter at TechShop Durham. More pics in the Flickr photo […]
I’ve seen plenty of hacks based on the iconic Etch A Sketch, however this one may take the cake. Andrew Sliwinski has added a third wheel (and a bunch of electronics) to the traditional toy design, allowing users to make drawings in three dimensions! An Anaglyphic display is used to present the image. A remake […]
What’s that you say? You don’t need an 8-inch diameter snow globe? Especially not one featuring a vignette of Al Pacino as Tony Montana in the climactic battle scene from Brian De Palma’s Scarface? I say you’re wrong: You need one of these. You need one so badly you don’t even know it yet. This […]
Introducing the Rubix Cubewich. It contains cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat, salami, and two types of cheddar. What? No bacon? Found on the appropriately named Insanewiches site. The Rubix Cubewich
The folks at Ideo Labs celebrated the awesome hair of their intern, Alex, by modding a Diana plastic camera so that it adds his hair to whomever is photographed. They gave it to him as a going-away present. Modding a Toy Camera to an “Alex Cam” [Thanks, Dave!]
