TOOLBOX KITS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Classic Radio Kits Prices vary

We can’t forget to include a couple of radio

kits, like a World War II foxhole radio kit

(which uses a razor blade instead of a crys-

tal) from xtalman.com. Or check out the

shortwave kits at radio.tentec.com/kits,

and Niel Wiegand’s great how-to at

makezine.com/go/tentec1054.

Hydrodynamics Kit $90 makezine.com/go/hydro

This 300-piece hydrodynamics building set from ThinkGeek includes girders, tank parts, tubing, valves, tube connectors, meters, and an electric pump with AC adapter. We like it because it’s not a cut-and-dried kit; you have to actually think the building process through!

Gyroplane Flying Motorcycle Kit $39,995 makezine.com/go/skycycle

The Super Sky Cycle kit ain’t cheap, but it has a 300-mile range and a top speed of 100mph flight/55mph highway, and can carry a pilot up to 280lbs. It’s freaking awesome, and “street legal,” whatever that means here.

Boarduino

$18 makezine.com/go/boarduino

Wow! Check out the Boarduino, a breadboard-compatible Arduino clone (or see the Maker Store for our own Arduino kit). You’ll never have to struggle with a solderless breadboard again. When programmed with the Arduino bootloader, it can talk to the Arduino software and run sketches just like the original.

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