Jim Chen designed an excellent electronic "Whack-a-Mole" game using 555 timers, LEDs, and bent-diode touch sensors, that you can build on a solderless breadboard; for a full explanation, check out...
Posted by Steve Hobley
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | No Comments
I run a site called CorSec Engineering which offers kits for making planets for tabletop gaming or science fair projects. They can be found here. This planet was painted in...
Posted by Jonathan Bowen
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The Wii MotionPlus (wm+) uses i2c (Inter-Integrated Circuits) for all of its communications. To learn how to make the Arduino talk to the wm+, we’ll program the Arduino to talk...
Posted by rileyporter
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Nicer than cardboard cut-outs, easier than 3D figures.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Fun & Games | No Comments
Fold a 6-number spinner from a sheet of letter-sized paper -- no cuts or glue.
Posted by Joel Stern
Categories: Paper Crafts, Fun & Games | No Comments
Make solid polyominoes and more from dice.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | No Comments
Richard from the Netherlands built this split-flap game as a gift to his niece. Actually, the gift is inside, but you have to win the game to get it! The...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday December 13th, 2012 9:30 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Arduino | 1 Comment
Tabletop miniatures gamer Bob Simpson built this awesome painting station to work on his Warhammer and Warhammer 40K miniatures.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday December 6th, 2012 10:53 AM
Categories: Fun & Games | 2 Comments
Can’t get enough of Minecraft? Wish you could bring your creations with you wherever you go and interact with them in the real world? Now you can with the Minecraft...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday November 27th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Computers & Mobile | No Comments
The game site Polygon did a really nice profile and video mini-doc on our pal (and MAKE contributor) I-Wei Huang. I-Wei is best known in MAKE circles for Crabfu Steamworks,...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday November 14th, 2012 9:04 PM
Categories: Makers, Art & Design, Fun & Games, Kids & Family | No Comments
Video games got their start in bars, so it was only fitting that the cocktail-style arcade cabinet would come to be. Check out this mod from redditor franchy36. Built into...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday November 8th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: Furniture, Fun & Games, Home | 9 Comments
Phoenix Perry sent us these quick snaps of the activity currently happening at the NYU Poly Game Innovation Lab's Game Jam this weekend.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday October 21st, 2012 2:25 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | No Comments
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