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!]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Jeff of the Mighty Ohm built this sweet interactive panel of lights, switches, & more for his nephew Harrison’s first birthday. What an awesome uncle! This would have been many times cooler than the Fisher-Price steering wheel most of us had as tots – I know my spaceship adventures would […]
This week’s flashback is one of my favorite pieces from the pages of MAKE, appearing in Volume 07 in August of 2006. It’s not so much a project as a call to action. Gever Tulley, founder of Tinkering School, strongly believes in the power of, well, tinkering, and its positive effects on the minds of children.
Eric Weinhoffer used his Makerbot to create this simple little puzzle. Files and instructions on Thingiverse. 7-Piece Block Puzzle Pieces
I built the Mechamo Crab kit a while ago and really enjoyed the experience. I finally got around to making my Mechamo Centipede kit, which has been sitting in my studio for many months! The entire build took a few hours, but I’ll spare you all the details and speed it up a bit, well, […]
We haven’t heard much from Jared Bouck, of Invent Geek, recently. But he wrote in to tell us that he’s released free downloadable plans for his paintball turret gun.They also now have a kit available. Paintball Turret Plans More: Paintball turret gun
From the MAKE Flickr pool Wow – feeling pretty lucky I don’t share a workplace Flickr member zomie84 and his cubicle crossbow – Designed to shoot marshmellows, pens, or just about anything you can fit in it to attack your cube mates. I can get about 25ft with a bic pen. The trigger is spring […]
