Getty Image Irish Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has debunked one of the biggest viral stories going into the Summer Olympics in Japan. Earlier this week a story went viral on the Internet that claimed the beds in Japan inside the Olympic Village were made out of cardboard to prevent athletes from

Author: Eric Thorstensson / Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers It all started when I crashed a DIY quadcopter and wanted to reuse the parts for something fun. This was on a weekend when I had a slight fever, so I had some spare time on my hands … and I had an old dream of building a

Author: Elliot Williams / Source: Hackaday It all started when I bought a late-1990s synthesizer that needed a firmware upgrade. One could simply pull the ROM chip, ship it off to Yamaha for a free replacement, and swap in the new one — in 2003. Lacking a time machine, a sensible option is to buy

Author: Matt Bell / Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers For Maker Faire Kansas City this year I wanted to make a drone racetrack for micro FPV quads. Normally these courses consist of lots of LED-lit circles for the quads to fly through. I wanted to make something a bit more

Author: Eric Ravenscraft / Source: reviewgeek.com Nintendo wants to sell you cardboard and, against all odds, we’re on board with this proposition. The Nintendo Labo kit is as fun as it is absurd and it might even teach your kids a thing or two. It’s easy to poke fun at what Nintendo Labo is.