Projects Archive - Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers

Electronics
Working with “wireless” LEDs feels a bit like magic. These tiny LED assemblies can emit light without directly connecting to a power supply.
Make a Kaleidoscope With Wireless LEDs
Craft & Desig...
Textile printing — the application of colored patterns to fabric — is not a new phenomenon. Woodblock-printed fabric dates back hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, and has been widely available in forms such as chintz and calico ...
Design Your Own Fantastic Fabrics
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Electronics
In the early 1950s, aircraft development created an urgent need for simulations, and analog computers were ideally suited to run flight simulators.
Electronics Fun & Fundamentals: Analog Reborn
Technology
Understanding, (ab)using, and extending Apple’s offline finding protocol
Find My: DIY Airtag Tracker
Craft & Desig...
I designed and built this 10-foot-tall costume for Halloween 2020 for about $100. The head is a giant plastic skull I found at a Halloween store, and I downloaded creepy scary sounds from Spotify and played them on a Bluetooth speaker ...
1+2+3: Floating Specter!
Food & Bevera...
These edible eyeballs are made from a popular traditional Japanese snack called shiratama. They’re fun and spooky and also not too gross looking, perfect for Halloween!
Edible Eyeballs: Elevate Your Spooky Libations With These Easy Treats
Makeup & Cost...
Adding smoke and flame effects to your costume is easier than you might think, using a vaping e-cig loaded with vegetable glycol and pumped using a small aquarium pump. This effect, combined with some flickering LEDs tucked into inconspicu...
Add Awesome Smoke And Fire Effects To This Ghost Rider — Or Any Costume
Home
Ask and behold your future told — in memes — with this twist on a classic toy
Build a GIF-Powered Magic 8-Ball
Workshop
One of the largest obstacles I faced when first starting to cosplay was what to do with all the toxic fumes created by a lot of products I needed to use, such as contact cement and spray paint. The easiest thing to do is work outside but t...
DIY Fume Hood
Craft & Desig...
Inductive chargers are becoming more popular for phones, watches, headphones, and other devices — they’re everywhere!
Send Electrical Power Through The Air To Light Up LEDs Wirelessly
Fun & Games
Get cooking with this ultra-efficient woodstove made from scrap
Tin Can Rocket Stove
Food & Bevera...
If you shake cream and ice long enough, it turns into ice cream. Sweet! But just how much shaking, and for how long?
Plastic Bag Ice Cream In 3 Easy Steps
Wearables
Make a Light-up skirt with 120 hidden full-color LEDs that respond to your movements
Motion Animated NeoPixel LED Skirt
Art & Sculptu...
Eyeballs are my favorite things to make.
Needle Felted Eyeballs: Easy and Creepy
Woodworking
This simple woodworking project provides years of backyard fun, French style
The Game of Jeu Gruyère
Craft & Desig...
Build a self-playing meditation drum actuated by seven 2-axis mallet-wielding robots.
ZenBot: Musical Doorbell Drumbot
Digital Fabri...
Print this amazing James Webb Space Telescope model and unfold it like the real thing.
Deep Space Transformer: How I Designed the 3D-Printed James Webb Space Telescope

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