TOOLBOX
MAKE LOOKS AT KITS
Editors Phillip Torrone and Arwen O’Reilly talk about kits from makezine.com/blog.
Snow Bike Kit
$300 ktrakcycle.com
Add a ski to the front
of your mountain
bike and a tracked
rear drive, and you’re
set to be James
Bond. Not a bad hack
either, if you have
the time to build it
from scratch.
Meet the Beetles!
$50 e-clec-tech.com/gamkitse.html
The flat metal pieces are cool
enough, but once assembled
you end up with a piece of art:
a rhino beetle, scorpion, praying
mantis, butterfly, or stag beetle.
Disco Dance
Floor Kit
dropoutdesign.com
Hey, those craft
engineers who did
the Disco Dance
Floor have a new
company and sell
kits now. Check ’em
out — yay, more
’lectronic kit makers!
LED Cube Kit
$120 and up
hypnocube.com
Make your own disco with these
LED cube kits. Go minimalist with
two colors, or go wild with
all three!
Photograph of beetle by Izu Watanabe
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