Safe Bamboo Swords
At an outdoor festival, my sons and I saw a group of teens play-fighting with padded swords. That looked like a lot of fun, so we tried making our own....
Posted by David Battino
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Saw Projects
ESP/psi Testing Lamp
Albert Einstein once wrote that God does not play dice with the universe. To which Niels Bohr (or Enrico Fermi) reportedly replied, “Stop telling God what to do with his...
Posted by John Iovine
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Toy Car Launcher
This project was inspired by my son’s love of Hot Wheels cars and making them go fast, as well as my husband’s love of making cool toys for him and...
Posted by Nancy Dorsner
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Lunchbox Laser Shows
Back in the 1970s, my friend Wayne Gillis and I used to do light shows at science fiction conventions. We had the usual panoply of overhead, slide, and custom-made projectors,...
Posted by Mike Gould
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The Autophenakistoscope
Motorize a phenakistoscope, a 19th-century parlor novelty that preceded motion pictures, and keep its frames synched to an LED strobe by using a sensor and an Arduino microcontroller. Invented in...
Posted by Dan Rasmussen
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Animal Figurine Jewelry Rack
Using cute little animal figurines, we are going to decapitate them and turn them into many mini-busts creating an awesome animal rack. For a more detailed tutorial, check out the...
Posted by Meg Allan Cole
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Escaping Blocks
Imagine a handsome lacquered oak box with a lid mounted on brass hinges. The magician opens the box to reveal a row of 6 brightly painted, rainbow-colored wooden blocks nestled...
Posted by Charles Platt
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Self-Disinfecting Toilet Brush
What do you do with the toilet brush right after you use it? Hang it up? Lay it in the sink or bathtub to dry first? Or maybe you have...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Compressed Air Rocket
Paper, tape, compressed air … lift-off! Blow your friends away as you send this 25-cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. You can build this easy launcher and rocket...
Posted by Rick Schertle
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$5 HeliRocket
The HeliRocket is propelled by a standard model-rocket engine, but instead of the engine’s ejection charge deploying a parachute, it releases the rocket’s 3 tail fins. The fins then swing...
Posted by Doug Desrochers
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Ant Farm Room Divider
Divide and enhance your space with carpentry and computer skills.
Posted by Matt Maranian
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