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Handbag of holding d20 edition
As a follow up to their d12 purse, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has gone ahead and upped the ante with this d20 purse, complete with a kit (including laser-cut numbers… Read more »
Coconut headphone mod
Check out this clever headphone mod. Maker Iwan Roberts reconditioned this pair of headphones using coconut husks and some twine as a gift for a friend. They're perfect for listening… Read more »
How-To: Wet/dry control for a toy voice changer
MAKE compadre Pete Edwards posted this rather handsome one-sheet guide for adding effect/mix control to a common megaphone voice changer. Looks like a great starting point for those looking to… Read more »
Gas-powered vortex cannon as big bad wolf
A bit of fairy tale busting from the BBC's Bang Goes the Theory - A gas-powered vortex cannon does some impressive huffing & puffing, taking on the role of big… Read more »
How-To: Build BEAM vibrobots
The following article is reprinted from my old personal-tech website, Street Tech. I thought these vibrobots would make perfect family projects for the "Teach Your Family to Solder" MAKEcation. If… Read more »
Printable batteries
A research team at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS) in Chemnitz, Germany, led by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Baumann, have developed a 1.5V battery that weighs less… Read more »
Timber Frame Design using Google SketchUp
A lot can be learned about 3D modeling in Google SketchUp from these video tutorials. They are extremely well presented, and cover a lot of advanced techniques. Check out the… Read more »
$100 Maker Shed shopping spree could be yours!
Don't forget, we're giving away a $100 Maker Shed gift certificate to our favorite entry in the "Teach Your Family to Solder" MAKEcation challenge. We're also giving away five additional… Read more »
How-To: Acoustic rain gauge (disdrometer)
Wow, neat, Instructables user nusnel shows us how to make an acoustic rain gauge: For a project at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) we are building cheap, durable acoustic… Read more »
$20 solder paste fridge!
Here's a USB fridge we from www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7340 but there may be better places... We're using this to keep our lead-free solder paste cold (more on that in a moment). Cut… Read more »
