Make a Magic Blocks Gadget Cache
RAS2025-09-04T16:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol. 86. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! The Magic Blocks gadget cache is a fun and simple “proximity and order” puzzle. It consists of four gadget blocks. Each will illuminate a single digit that you program into it — but only when all four blocks are placed side by side, in the correct order! Strategically located magnets and magnetic switches are used to sense the proximity of each block....
September 4, 2025RASUncategorizedDIY Projects, Electronics, Fun & Games, geocache, make86, Puzzles0 Comments
The Game is Afoot! The Puzzle Rooms of Game On
RAS2025-08-13T16:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol 94. Subscribe for more great projects. The Riddle of the Sphinx. Rubik’s Cube. Wordle. The Kobayashi Maru. If you’re a maker, you probably enjoy puzzles — discovering how something works scratches an itch and brings a sense of order to the world. That thrill is at the core of Game On, a live-action puzzle experience in Berkeley, California, cofounded by childhood friends James Hopkin, Tim Alley, and Eric Mittler. Unlike...
Gadget Cache Road Trip!
RAS2025-07-09T16:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol. 86. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! Last summer I took an epic geocaching road trip to North Dakota. I drove past the majestic painted hills in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, across the badlands, past the colorful fields, all the way to the east side of the state to a one-horse town called Gilby. Gilby may be small but it’s mighty! It contains a rare treasure for those discerning...
Play With Your Own Junk
RAS2025-06-26T16:00:00+00:00As a maker, do you ever wander into a store, see something cool on the shelf, and think “I bet I could make that!” I often think the same thing about board games. I’ve been a game designer for over a decade, working on everything from indie videogames to mass market board games to large-scale Arduino-powered installation games. A big part of my prototyping process has been about figuring out what I can do with what’s available to me, then...
