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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[rydude998]

please do a weekend project on the useless machine!!

[21leftcenter]

how can i turn my snow cone maker into a sex toy that won't wreck my penis?

[Wildal2000]

@drwhoboy123 u a Whovian? I know I am, big time.

[jonbauer79]

@rydude998 everyone needs to post a comment saying that on kipkays channel. maybe he will do it

[kyle0106]

the one that turns its self off was awesome!

[ChibiHoboProductions]

I need to go to bed, but I can't stop watching. 

[Softairsoft]

i want to make the useless machine

[laylajane]

I want this in the UK. :(

[AirsoftGhostSqaud]

@SinngleichNull heck yeah

[rmysterio80]

@rydude998 i wanna make one though :(

[halo2party]

That guy has the best voice ever.