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Rhei Ferrofluid Clock: A Clock and Its Blob

You may have seen Zelf Koelman’s mesmerizing Ferrolic, a clock that uses ferrofluid to display digits and a variety of complex animations. Damjan Stanković and Marko Pavlović’s Rhei is a simpler but equally notable take on a ferrofluid clock.

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DIY Wristwatch Phone: Watchie-Talkie

A few months ago, we featured Instructables employee DJ aka Aleator777’s Apple II Watch. He recently shared another impressive retro watch, one that’s arguably more useful than the current Apple Watch. He calls it the Communicator Watch, because it’s also a GSM cell phone.

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Return of the Jedi Sarlacc Cupcakes: Tasty Tentacles

There are lots of fan theories on how Boba Fett escaped the Sarlacc pit after his apparent demise in Return of the Jedi. One theory not often explored is that he actually ate his way out.

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RePhone DIY Cellphone Kit: Your Call

If you want to make your own cellphone, you can source the parts yourself, or you can support Seeed Studio’s RePhone, a ready to assemble kit. The heart of the RePhone kit is the MediaTek MT2502A (pdf) system-on-a-chip, which gives you GSM, GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity in a stamp-sized form.

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DIY Landspeeder Bed is the Night’s Sleep You’ve Been Looking for

Growing up, I loved Star Wars. I had the Star Wars sheets, all the toys, and wanted a real lightsaber so bad I could taste it. My parents weren’t craftsy, and didn’t build anything and I feel so gypped, after seeing what Redditor Ghostfaceace built for his son.

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Dobot High Precision Desktop Robot Arm: There is no Trybot

Last year we featured the uArm, a desktop robot arm inspired by ABB industrial robots. It’s affordable and responsive, but it’s mostly a pick and place robot. The Dobot on the other hand appears to be precise enough for a variety of tasks.

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Life-size Wood & Cardboard T-800: Termite Hater

We’ve seen a full T-800 skeleton made out of LEGO. YouTuber Kaled Souky aka jaled79 proves that you can also make a decent Terminator animatronic out of balsa wood and cardboard too. This isn’t just any motionless statue either.

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DIY Moon One RC Rover: Wall-E’s Sleazy Grandpa

A couple of months ago, we checked out Sergey Grishchenko’s DIY scale model of the Curiosity rover. Michael Larkin’s Moon One is a very similar remote-controlled rover, but he optimized it for agility, maneuverability and mischief.

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Parents Give Son’s Bedroom a Portal Makeover: You’ll Always Be Test Subject #1

When Randy Slavey’s son turned 13, the newly minted teenager asked his parents to remodel his kid-themed bedroom in the style of two of his favorite games, Portal and Portal 2. The elder Slaveys didn’t disappoint.

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DIY Electric Skateboard: Make or Die

Electric skateboards typically go for at least $600 (USD). But with his maker skills Instructables member comsa42 was able to convert a normal skateboard for around $350. That said, his project will give you an idea why these things cost a lot.

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Make a Cardboard Bionic Hand

If you want a bionic hand, but don’t have the six million dollars to become Steve Austin (it would actually cost you a lot more these days), check out this fun project and learn to build a simple one for yourself.

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Super Dough Batman Modeling Kits: The Dough Knight

I like Batman well enough. I certainly watched the show in reruns during the summer growing up, and love the Christian Bale/Christopher Nolan franchise. Batman fans into DIY and making things with their hands might want to get some of these kits.

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The Swiss Army Barbie Doll Will Get You Detained by the TSA

My daughter plays with a mix of toys from Barbies to cars. She doesn’t care if it’s a girl toy or a boy toy, she just wants something cool and fun to play with. She has a bunch of Barbie dolls, but nothing like this Swiss Army Barbie.

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DIY Mini Mjölnir Replica: Thor Odadson

Thor’s hammer was forged out of a star by dwarven blacksmiths. This child-size replica was crafted from the heart by a loving dad. Redditor Crux1836 says his son asked him for a “real Thor hammer” for his 4th birthday.

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DIY 3D Printed Talking D20 Will Tell You the Odds

What’s better than a magic 8 ball? A magic 20 icosahedron. Adafruit and Phillip Burgess made a guide that shows us how to make a D20 that talks about the resulting roll. The die’s accelerometer helps it figure out which face is up.

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DIY Speeder Bike Rocker: Back and Forth of the Jedi

The last time we featured Instructables Tez_Gelmir was for the portable LEGO building station he made for his son. This time it’s for a kickass speeder bike rocker that he made for his 1-year old daughter.

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Rhei Ferrofluid Clock: A Clock and Its Blob

DIY Wristwatch Phone: Watchie-Talkie

Return of the Jedi Sarlacc Cupcakes: Tasty Tentacles

RePhone DIY Cellphone Kit: Your Call

DIY Landspeeder Bed is the Night’s Sleep You’ve Been Looking for

Dobot High Precision Desktop Robot Arm: There is no Trybot

Life-size Wood & Cardboard T-800: Termite Hater

DIY Moon One RC Rover: Wall-E’s Sleazy Grandpa

Parents Give Son’s Bedroom a Portal Makeover: You’ll Always Be Test Subject #1

DIY Electric Skateboard: Make or Die

Make a Cardboard Bionic Hand

Super Dough Batman Modeling Kits: The Dough Knight

The Swiss Army Barbie Doll Will Get You Detained by the TSA

DIY Mini Mjölnir Replica: Thor Odadson

DIY 3D Printed Talking D20 Will Tell You the Odds

DIY Speeder Bike Rocker: Back and Forth of the Jedi

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