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February 26, 2008
Evil Mad Scientist on BBtv
MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder has a short interview with Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on today's BBtv Vlog. Windell is showing off EMS Labs' awesome Peggy, an LED plug-in lightboard kit.
Vlog (Mark) - RESIST light pegboards by Evil Mad Science - Link
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Feb 26, 2008 04:00 PM
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February 20, 2008
Model space capsules and mini-learn how-to frame a house kits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 you tend to see companies with a variety of products, Precision Modelworks has stunning and unique models of various space capsules - Saturn vehicles, Gemini capsules and others from the Mercury missions - if you're a space buff these might be the only (and best) replicas in existence.
In addition to their space, planes and warships they are also working on a kit that is made to scale with a real house so you can learn how to frame out a new home.
More:
- Precision Modelworks - Link.
- More photos of Precision Modelworks @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
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Feb 20, 2008 03:00 AM
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Smart lab - solder free remote control kit for kids (and more)
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Smart Lab had a giant amount learning / science kits for what I would say are on the younger side of the maker timeline - remote control rockets, coin sorters, door alarms, electronics lab, first electronics, microscope, motor mania, rock star mic kit, shark model, stars & planets, voice changer, weather station, double safe, secret formula and my favorite a tv remote control kit that doesn't require any soldering -- perfect for the budding tv-g-goner....
More:
- Smart Lab- Link.
- More photos of Smart lab @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
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Feb 20, 2008 02:30 AM
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Wooden hydraulic power kits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 there are some toy makers that are doing new things, White Wings is traditionally known for their high performance paper gliders based on the science of flight. Their planes were created by Japan's foremost paper airplane authority, Dr. Ninomiya - they have robust balsa fuselages and special paper for the airfoils. But that's not what I thought was the most interesting from them - they are carrying a set of wooden hydraulic power kits (cherry picker, platform lifter, excavator, scissor life and 4-in-1 combo) -- they're a delightful combination of wood and medical looking syringes filled with liquid, press the plunger in and things lift or move. Great kits.
More:
- Whitewings - Link.
- More photos of Wooden hydraulic power kits (and planes) @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
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Feb 20, 2008 12:30 AM
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Hydrodynamic building sets
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Bridge Street Toys had their geek-famous hydrodynamic building sets - you can build a model of an ice cream factory, a water treatment plant, a distillation plant and many other industrial structures. It shows how a siphon works, balance the flow through the plant by adjusting the valves. The user learns the basic principles of fluid dynamics while constructing and playing with this learning kit.
The building set includes an electric pump, siphon tank, large square tank, small and large round and cone bottom tanks, float valve, tilt scale, ball flow meter, water wheel, spray head, and assorted valves, pipe holders and pipe. The pieces are interchangeable with all other Girder and Panel and Bridge and Turnpike Building Sets and are HO scale.
More:
- Hydrodynamic building sets @ Bridge Street Toys- Link.
- More photos of hydrodynamic building sets @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
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Feb 20, 2008 12:00 AM
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February 19, 2008
Liberty puzzles - Old meets new - Laser cut wood puzzles
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I was pleasantly surprised to find Liberty Puzzles. Liberty Puzzles are classic wooden jigsaw puzzles, made with real maple-veneer plywood and archival paper and inks. Each puzzle image is mounted on quarter-inch plywood, and then laser-cut to all sorts of puzzle designs and shapes (the pieces are little gears, people, etc for example). They have a special coating that protects the art when it's cut by a laser, this of course was interesting to me - it was good to talk about lasers with someone else who has a laser.
(Made in USA!).
More:
- Liberty Puzzles - Link.
- More photos of Liberty puzzles @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 11:30 PM
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Zome - Make a virus, a 4D cube
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I spent way too much time with the folks from Zome - Zome is based on a version of the 61-zone structural system which includes purely mathematical models from tilings to hyperspace projections, as well as molecular models of quasicrystals and fullerenes, and architectural space frame structures. Zome's balls (nodes) and struts let you build models within the 61-zone system which lifts the study of these objects off the flat page. You can build huge structures, show what a 4 dimension cube looks like as well as make your own viri...
Zome is made in the USA (yay USA!).
More:
- Zome - Link.
- More photos of Zome @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 10:30 PM
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Triassic Triops, space farms - bring back creatures from the dead (and solar car kits)
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Toyops had a giant bio-green-science area where they had their Triassic Triops, Space Farms, Just Look and Tree Toys' Wild Science products. Triops are shrimp that look like horseshoe crabs and date back to the Triassic Period in fossil records, they're also known as dinosaur shrimp -- you bring them back to life by adding water to the eggs of these "living dead" creatures. They're pretty hardcore little critters.
They had a giant ant home, with tubes, plants and rock - the ants were tossing in gravel to mess with the Triops and then later hung out on the plant for the rest of the time I was there... planning.
They also had some nice solar and air car kits.
More:
- Toyops, toys that teach- Link.
- More photos of Toyops @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 09:30 PM
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K'nex - Goes green, carney and educational
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 K'nex had their line up of builder toys (favorites at Instructables) as well as some new efforts. There's now a line of educational sets, DNA - solar, stuff like that and a new line of carnival rides, very fun. I think K'nex's new additions are good a direction to go - project based with an element of "danger" the rides in real life aren't as enjoyable (depending on their safety) as actually building mini-versions.
K'nex is another group that is proudly made in the USA. I'll have a bigger post on this later, but with all lead and drug coated toys that came out of China - the USA manufacturers (I think) are in a good position to use their location and quality as an advantage - many told me it's now better and more cost effective to make things in the USA... that said, there were 20 or so "lead testing" companies scattered all over the place at the Toy Fair.
More:
- K'nex - Link.
- More photos of K'nex @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 06:30 PM
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Venus fly traps and "grow your own lilypad" kits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Dunecraft had it's meat eating plant kits as well as the "grow your own lily pad" products. There are three types of meat eating plant kits, Pitcher Plant Predators and Sundew Savages. It's fun to imagine lots of people planting harmless seeds and growing them in to vicious bug-eating monsters.
More:
- Dunecraft - Link.
- More photos of Dunecraft @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 05:30 PM
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Binary POV wristwatch
Another cool project from Cre.ations.net, Nate writes -
A remake of the binary / LED Tokyo Flash wristwatches, that also includes a super-bright flashlight and a wrist-swinging full POV time display.- and he's even got kits available for the project. Just keep those exposed pins away from rain!Link
Related:
Color orb audio-synchronized lamp and POV watch -Link
From the Maker store:
MiniPOV- An Inexpensive Persistence of Vision Kit -Link
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Feb 19, 2008 04:42 PM
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Elenco's electronic snap circuits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I met with Elenco, they make a series of kits called "Snap circuits" we've featured here on MAKE before. Elenco was founded more than 30 years ago by 2 engineers, they make/made test equipment and now they have learning kits for young folks who want to learn about electronics (no soldering required).
More:
- Elenco - Link.
- More photos of Elenco's electronic snap circuits @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 06:30 AM
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BIOLOID - DIY educational robot kits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I was happy to see Robotis's BIOLOID, these are somewhat well-known humanoid robot kits, but they're also more than that - you can make spiders, probes, turtles, dino and excavator bots -- a lot more fun when you get tired of people-bots walking around.
More:
- Robotis- Link.
- More photos of Robotis BIOLOID @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 05:30 AM
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Scientific explorer - some gross kits!
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Scientific Explorer had one of the most interesting areas with their colorful packaging, as I looked at "Disgusting Science" & "Disgusting Anatomy" and all the cool art of their kits I couldn't help but think "Mark Frauenfelderian". Oddly enough this is an Elmer's (glue) company, I think that it made it even them more interesting to me.
More:
- Scientific Explorer- Link.
- Disgusting Science - Link.
- More photos of Scientific explorer @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 04:30 AM
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Kristal - Grow your own crystals
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I saw Kristal's crystals for the first time in person, these are quartz-looking crystals you grow yourself. The crystal growth can be speed up and slowed down depending on the temperature, they grow in 2 to 7 days, but can grow longer/bigger for as long as you keep them in the solution (and until it evaporates). They beautiful to view and depending on the kit you can also learn about crystal growth experiments onboard the International Space Station.
Oh, they also told me that the crystals are made from the same stuff that (at the most) just makes your vomit, so they're non-toxic.
More:
- Kristal- Link.
- More photos of Kristal @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 02:30 AM
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Thames and Kosmos - great science, bio, electronics and DIY kits
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I toured the Thames and Kosmos area, one of the best of the entire Toy Fair. Thames & Kosmos currently offers 55 science kits on: Energy, technology, electronics, chemistry, biology, physics, natural history, earth science and others. Pictured here, the Radio Ace DIY tube radio kit.
Computer Systems Engineering kit - Link.
More:
- Thames and Kosmos - Link.
- Kit listing here - Link.
- More photos of Thames and Kosmos @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 01:30 AM
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ÜBERSTIX - You need to recycle to use these kits/toys
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I met with the ÜBERSTIX folks, they make toys/kits that you need to recycle other things to build. Straws, ice cream sticks, paper clips, water bottles, egg cartons and more. Pictured here is a ship you build and use tossed cups/bottles to make it float, along with other trashed items to build the sail and more. It's called the Scavenger, nice.
They also make ÜBERARC" - it's for budding architects, students and engineers - you can construct giant "emerald city" looking structures, unlike other building systems you get real blueprints in a tube.
More:
- ÜBERSTIX - Link.
- More photos of ÜBERSTIX @ Flickr - Link.
- Giant set of NYC Toy fair 2008 photos @ Flickr - Link.
- MAKE's coverage of the NYC Toy Faire 2008 in one place! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 12:00 AM
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February 7, 2008
AVR Scope terminal - Oscilloscope terminal!
Jan writes in with a free app for Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope Clock owners (I have one, it's great). He writes -
This is an Open Source Application which allows you to use your Oscilloscope as a text based display device. The code is currently targetted for the Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope Clock hardware but could be easily ported to an alternate platform consisting of an AVR and some form of a DAC. The Scope Terminal displays 12 lines of 20 characters each. There is also a line showing the current time (it's a clock hardware after all). Configuration is possible using a "Command Mode" where you can use a terminal (usually a PC) to set options (currently Time Change and Baudrate change are supported). This alternate application can be downloaded to the AVR Oscilloscope Clock using the built-in bootloader; no AVR programmer required. Full Source Code is available on the website.AVR Scope terminal - Oscilloscope terminal! - Link.
Related:
Oscilloscope Clock. V3.0 firmware of the Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope Clock has been released. The clock has enhanced graphics and many new features like Date display and set, Roman Numerals Dial, 24 hr Dial, Binary Clock display, hexadecimal numeric time, fractional seconds display, Automatic Daylight Saving Time (US and EU) and GPS NMEA input: connect the clock to the serial port of GPS device and you'll never have to set the time or day again. - Link & my build here.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 7, 2008 06:00 AM
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February 1, 2008
The Chronualotor facade
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Eric submitted pics of his Chronulator build featuring a recycled circuit board housing - nice way to increase the "What the-?!?" factor.
Remember we love to see your projects, so submit them to the pool!
Chronulator on Flickr - Link
Related:
The Chronulator kit -Link
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Feb 1, 2008 01:00 PM
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January 29, 2008
Weird sound generator kits
Synth designer Ray Wilson is now selling kits for his "Weird Sound Generator Reborn" standalone instrument module. It's a quick build and makes for some very cool noises. There's even professional-grade front panels available for use on the enclosure.
Ray's site is a great resource for learning about synthesizers and electronics in general. His circuits are well documented with a welcome sense of humor.
Weird Sound Generator kits - Link
Music from Outer Space - Link
Related:
Synthesizer DIY pages of René Schmitz - Link
Synthesizers @ MAKE - Link
Super-simple DIY synth plans - Link
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 AM
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