MAKE Volume 23: Gadgets

http://makezine.com/23/

In this special gadgets issue, we show you how to make a menagerie of delightful machines: a miniature electronic Whac-a-Mole arcade game, a tiny but mighty see-through audio amplifier, a magic mirror that contains an interactive animated soothsayer, a self-balancing one-wheeled Gyrocar, and the Most Useless Machine — the creepy mechanical box whose only purpose is to turn itself off (as seen on The Colbert Report!). Plus: how Intellectual Ventures made their incredible laser targeting mosquito zapper, how to use the industrial-strength microcontrollers called PLCs, and a lot more.

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18 Responses to “MAKE Volume 23: Gadgets”

  • leesaskater:

    shut ur mouth
    shut ur mouth

  • eddyray24:

    that useless …
    that useless project would be sweet with a cat hand like that coin bank with the cat that pulls the money in

  • rydude998:

    please do a weekend …
    please do a weekend project on the useless machine!!

  • alaman94:

    @hoiyeeanita Make …
    @hoiyeeanita Make Magazine is online also…

  • toloratedmeat:

    @SinngleichNull btw …
    @SinngleichNull btw its not kipkay

  • Ace0clubs:

    thats so cool but …
    thats so cool but absolotly useless i wana build it

  • maestrogringo:

    @Totema1 He …
    @Totema1 He actually sounds more excited than usual! His enthusiasm tends to be overshadowed by his monotone voice…

  • Totema1:

    This guy sounds so …
    This guy sounds so bored.

  • insAneTunA:

    Hi, I was wondering …
    Hi, I was wondering, I have an old broken Yamaha DX7 synth, European model. Do you know if there is a way that I can modify the keyboard so I can still use it for my computer? I mean, I want to work my way around the broken electronics from the DX7 because I don’t know how to repair it. I only want to use the keys so I can play the sound fonds from my computer, if that’s possible at all. I’m not an electronics expert, but I’m able to replicate or make things :-)

    Greets from Holland, IT

  • duchham:

    make needs to hook …
    make needs to hook up with the military

  • ThatKidKnows:

    I’ve always wanted …
    I’ve always wanted a machine that turns itself off when u turn it on :D

  • hoiyeeanita:

    Hey where can you …
    Hey where can you get it In the uk please?

  • Manifusion:

    I always wanted a …
    I always wanted a No U machine. D:

  • moondance169:

    now you’ll only …
    now you’ll only have to tell me where i can get these in germany ;)
    the useless machine looks really cool.

  • flamegecko:

    @drstrangeclock he …
    @drstrangeclock he was amazing. where did he go? think i saw him on discovery once but havnt heard from him since :(

  • illegalsmilereturns:

    cool, colin rocks!
    cool, colin rocks!

  • magnuswf:

    Can you buy …
    Can you buy makemagazine online? Or only in stores in the US?

  • MRMTJYO:

    nfdg fdg fd
    nfdg fdg fd

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