MAKE is @ The NYC Toy Fair 2009 – thousands of toy makers come here each year to show off their latest – our lens on this show is a lot different than any coverage you’ll see anywhere else – stay tuned for posts, images and videos of unique MAKE-style products. DIY kits, science kits, […]
Flexagons are neat little paper models that can be folded in different ways to show different surfaces. There are dozens of different types, and this site gives a good overview & patterns. So, besides a fun plaything, what else can you do with it? You can take a regular flat maze and draw it on […]
Nitro writes – A fairly in-depth technical report by the security researchers at TippingPoint was released on how to reverse engineer the proprietary protocol for controlling a USB missile-launching toy system. They develop an iPhone application to control the device. ‘The hardware is coupled with a simple GUI controller written in Delphi (MissileLauncher.exe) and a […]
YATT (Yet Another Tabletop Trebuchet). Wish the pictures were bigger. Tabletop Trebuchet
I love this scratch-built old-school Indie race car for kids. It was built on an aircraft-style stringer frame with a riveted sheet aluminum skin. There are fun details on it, like a sliced-in-half 50s kitchen canister for the front bumpers, a malt shaker for the headrest, and a maraschino cherry jar for the radiator cap […]
MAKE will be at the NYC Toy Fair 2009 – last year we had some MASSIVE coverage from the event and hope to bring you a DIY/Science view of the show again, while we skip a lot of the “toys” we do head right for the science and learning companies – last year one of […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Unsatisfied with the limited catalogue of wordage offered by the household favorite Electronic Catch Phrase, Adam decided to make his own. Enter the expandable “Klugephrase” handheld game device – You turn it on, and it shows a list of categories. you pick a category, and it shows you a word […]
