Photos and videos from the NYC Toy Fair 2009
Over the next day we’ll have all of our coverage from the NYC Toy Fair 2009 (MAKE style) – if you want to skip ahead and view the photo and videos here’s where to get’em… above a slide show.
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MAKE @ The NYC Toy Fair 2009
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, […]
Make a Flexagon!
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 […]
HOW TO – Reverse engineer a missile launcher toy’s interface
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 […]
Tabletop trebuchet
YATT (Yet Another Tabletop Trebuchet). Wish the pictures were bigger. Tabletop Trebuchet
Scratch-built kid’s racer
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 @ The Toyfair in NYC – first stop Thames & Kosmos
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 […]