The Suitcase Machine

"The Nickel Box" was made from copper, wood, bolts, screws, epoxy, scrap metal, skeleton key, paint, and nails. The tiny box was m...

"The Jedi Mind Trick" started with a Star Wars "Return Of The Jedi" soundtrack cassette I found at a thrift store. Playi...

"War, Love and Peace" was made using the shell of an old RCA radio. Using a web application (Processing) and an Arduino micro-cont...

The "Drawing Automaton" is a drawing machine that is powered by magnets. Inside there is a plastic cylinder that spins as you tur...

"The Email Notifier" was inspired by: http://www.j4mie.org/2008/02/15/how-to-make-a-physical-gmail-notifier/ and http://blog.tinye...

"The Talking Television" was inspired by "http://www.angelfire.com/80s/sixmhz/tvscope.html.". If you have an old televis...

Rufio is made from walnut and pine. His arms and legs are jointed with pine dowel. The whole piece was hand carved and took about 20 hours t...

Michael Schaffer, creator of software program Ardrumo (http://code.google.com/p/ardrumo/), was a great help and inspiration for this project...

"Think Of A Card Box" is made inside of a Griffin's cigar box. There are electronics built inside to make the magic part work ...

"Digital Scratch Pad" was made using a 555 timer IC . The sound is controlled through a photo-cell which is sensitive to light. As...

"Coins Across" is a classic of magic. The trick dates back to way before I was born. It's when someone makes a couple of coins...

The "Recycled Etcha-Sketcha" is mostly made from found or broken electronics. The motors, potentiometers, knobs, and switches came...

"The Cocoa Card Rise" is made inside of a vintage Walter Baker tin. The turning knob was found outside of my band's practice s...

"The Animal Cookie Hot Air Balloon" is portable and can be performed anywhere. I can't explain what the machine is made of ins...

"Heart Box" was made in a Tic-Tac container. I was inspired by a schematic schowing how to make an LED sensitive to light. There a...