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Volume 05, page 78

Volume 10, page 110

Marshmallow Shooter Volume 02, page 172 BY SAUL GRIFFITH, NICK DRAGOTTA, JOOST BONSEN Revenge is sweet with your PVC marshmallow shooter.

Household Worm Bin Volume 18, page 78, BY CELINE RICH-DARLEY Let hungry, squirmy wigglers take out the household trash.

Medicine Man Glider

Volume 17, page 108

BY RYAN GROSSWILER

Make a 5-foot-wingspan glider inspired by 1930s stick-and-tissue designs.

Backyard Zip Line
Volume 05, page 72
BY DAVE MABE
Be the hit of your hood
with a high-flying, tree-
to-tree transporter.

The Night Lighter 36
Spud Gun
Volume 03, page 108
BY WILLIAM GURSTELLE
Launch potato chunks
200+ yards with this
stun-gun-triggered,
high-powered cannon
with see-thru action.

Travel-Game Mod
Volume 08, page 17
BY HARRY MILLER
Make a travel edition of
your favorite, but house-
bound, board game.

Vibrobot

Volume 10, page 119

BY MARK FRAUENFELDER Make a twitchy, bug-like robot out of a toy motor, a mint tin, a coat hanger, and some paperclips.

Invisible Ink Printer Volume 16, page 92 BY MIKE GOLEMBEWSKI Modify an ink cartridge to print with invisible lemon juice.

Boing Box Volume 12, page 116 BY MARK FRAUENFELDER Build a fun, one-stringed twangy instrument.

Styrofoam Plate Speaker

Volume 12, page 131 BY JOSÉ PINO

Get surprisingly good sound from disposable picnicware.

Soda Bottle Rocket

Volume 05, page 78

BY STEVE LODEFINK

Build a high-performance rocket powered by air and water.

Gauss Rifle Volume 01, page 12 BY SIMON QUELLEN FIELD Build a linear accelerator for studying high-energy physics.

Tabletop Biosphere Volume 10, page 110 BY MARTIN JOHN BROWN Create a sealed system that supplies a fresh-water shrimp with food, oxygen, and waste processing for a desktop journey of 3 months or more. Our “econaut” has been alive for 2½ years!

Compressed Air Rocket
Volume 15, page 102
BY RICK SCHERTLE
Send this 25-cent rocket
hundreds of feet in the air.

Wizard Crackers Volume 04, page 179 BY CHARLES NEVEU Make trick crackers that go off like a gunshot and burst into a ball of flame.

Robotic Hand

Volume 19, page 148

BY NICK DRAGOT TA AND

SAUL GRIFFITH

Extend your grasp with a robotic hand made from drinking straws.

Archery Bows Volume 16, page 169 BY DAN ALBERT

Make an archer’s bow from eco-friendly, fast-growing wood.

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