The Ultimate DIY Geek Toys Guide: Make Your Own Light Saber + 74 Other Amazing Tech Projects

Who wouldn't want to invent a robot that makes and serves you cocktails, or to build and play a life-sized Operation game? Not to mention creating and wielding your own DIY light saber! Now readers can make their own versions of these nerdtastic crafts (along with 100 more crazy and cool tech projects) with the helpful, handy, and often hilarious <i>Geek Toys</i>.<br><br>There's a new movement afoot - a whole generation of makers and tech-savvy innovators who excel at making wild and fascinating projects using electronics and found materials. In <i>Geek Toys</i>, you get a collection of these amazing ideas from the DIY masters at <i>Popular Science</i> magazine - from a theremin you can make for under $15 to a motorized skateboard, from an epic potato gun to an LED lighter you can wave during rock-concert power ballads. It's never been a better time to be a geek.<br> <br> Activities include: Kit Out the Ultimate All-in-One Brewing Machine<br> Tap a Melon Keg<br> Break into Your Beer<br> Install a Shower Beer Caddy<br> Chill Your Beer Really, Really Fast<br> Disguise Your Brew<br> Reuse Those Red Party Cups<br> Meet the Drink-Slinging Droid<br> Serve Up Shots in Jello Cups<br> Make Drinks Glow in the Dark<br> Mod Your Toaster for Far-from-Average Toast<br> Freeze LEGOâ„¢ Ice Cubes<br> Cook a Hot Dog with Electrical Current<br> Wield a Potato Gun<br> Improvise a Planetarium<br> Put on a Liquid Light Show<br> Jam out to a Sound-Reactive Lightbox<br> Wave an LED Lighter at a Concert<br> Party with an LED Glow Stick<br> Disco on an LED-Lit Dance Floor<br> Make a Sonic Tunnel of Fire<br> Turn Your Campfire Green<br> Hold a Flaming Ball in Your Bare Hand<br> Set off a Spinning Fire Tornado<br> Ignite a Home-made Sparkler<br> Wreak Havoc with the Ultimate Squirt Gun<br> Make a Mini Catapult<br> Play with a Bike-Part Spirogram<br> Turn Junk Mail into Pencils<br> Set Up a Turntable Zoetrope<br> Turn an Old Skateboard Deck into a Hoverboard<br> Mix Magnetic Silly Putty<br> Cook Some Ferrofluid<br> Catch a Thrill on a Backyard Coaster<br> Set Up a DIY Pinball Game<br> Enjoy Skee-Ball at Home<br> Build a Mint-Tin Racer<br> Shake Up a Martini in a Mint Tin<br> Strum a Mint-Tin Guitar<br> Carry a Pocket Billard Set<br> Build a Mini Arcade<br> Cinch a Nintendo-Controller Belt<br> Build a Life-Sized Operationâ„¢ Game<br> Play Giant Checkers<br> Wield a DIY Light Saber<br> Make a Reflection Hologram<br> Hack Your Magic 8 Ball<br> Go Anywhere with Virtual-Reality Glasses<br> File-Share with a USB Dead Drop<br> Build a Bristlebot<br> Rig an Animatronic Hand<br> Ride a Robotic Giraffe<br> Scratch a Pizza-Box Turntable<br> Craft a Boom Box Duffel Bag<br> Make Your Tie Glow in the Dark<br> Put Headphones in Your Hoodie<br> Use a Glove on a Touchscreen<br> Pump Jams Through an Old-School Phonograph<br> Amplify Music with Paper Cups<br> Make Custom-Fit Earbuds<br> Put a New Spin on an Old CD<br> Amuse Yourself with a Flipperdinger<br> Play a Pocket Theremin