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Mini Maker Faire Melbourne! Saturday Jan 14

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7:30AM December 22, 2011 | Danny Allen

We’re big fans of Make here at Giz, so we’re excited by the first Australian Maker Faire at Swinburne University of Technology next month. Expect tinkering workshops and exhibitions for all sorts of technology and science, including DIY rockets and robots! More »

Gadgets

This Delightful USB Desk Bell Could Result In Violence

6:00AM July 24, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Get me this DIY USB Desk Bell for my desk immediately! I plan to place it on said desk and use it to command an army of interns to do my bidding and/or a Pavlov’s Dog activity involving coffee, More »

Geek Out

This Is One Catchy Custom Bike-Building Video

5:00AM April 11, 2011 | Jack Loftus

>Catchy guitar riffs, filmmaker Michael Evans superb cuts and edits, and Soulcraft owner Sean Walling’s makin’-it-look easy bike-building skills all combine in this incredibly interesting mini-mentary look at how a steel frame custom bicycle is made, from start to finish. More »

Gadgets

DIY: Retrofit An Inkjet Printer With Invisible Ink

6:00AM April 4, 2011 | Jack Loftus

While I doubt the super serious stiff in this DIY video is actually a super spy, he does have the DIY know-how necessary to hack apart an inkjet printer and make it into an invisible ink-spitting espionage machine. Enjoy! [MAKE]

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What Is This?

3:00AM April 4, 2011 | Jack Loftus

First hint: It makes something delicious. If you’re one to have a drink of alcohol every once in a while, that is. Whatever could it be? More »

Cameras

DIY Photography: Ring Flashes Are Expensive. Make Your Own Using Fibre Optics

7:00AM March 7, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Budding portrait photographers take note: Ring flashes are a sometimes necessary, but expensive tool you might need to really make those stages shots pop. More »

Gadgets

No Rodents Were Harmed In The Making Of This Elaborate Hamster Wheel

10:00AM February 7, 2011 | Jack Loftus

I don’t know if I should pity Princess the Hamster or celebrate the fact that designer Crabfu has crafted an ingenious, slightly mesmerising way for her to antagonise the family cat on an entirely new, mobile level. You’ll see: More »

Watch This 1.25-Kilojoule DIY Coilgun Smash Household Items

5:20AM September 22, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

“Danger. High Voltage. Do Not Touch. Death or Serious Injury May Occur,” reads the yellow sticker on the side of this 1.25 Kilojoule DIY coilgun. Watch this video of it in action, that sounds about right. More »

Pipe Some Tunes With These Pretty PVC Speakers

1:40AM August 5, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

PVC, a cheap, durable polymer useful for all types of pipes and potato guns, has long been a go-to Maker material. But these Sea Cucumber speakers, available on Etsy for $US200, are the rare pipes that shouldn’t be hidden. More »

Simon Says Make This Adorable Simon Says

7:20AM June 29, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

I’m not gonna lie – I wouldn’t have any idea where to start on a lot of these crazy do-it-yourself projects we cover. Build your own tablet? Forget about it. This little Simon Says kit, however, I could probably manage. More »