Maker Faire Austin 2007

Rubber-Band-Powered Cardboard Toys

Topic(s): Crafts | Engineering

Tags: rubber+band+cars cardboard+cars toys

Use cardboard, rubber bands, glue and pencils to make your very own moving toys. We're taking paper airplane technology to the ground!

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About the Maker(s)

Mike Rigsby

Mike Rigsby

Mike Rigsby is an electrical engineer who has contributed to several magazines, including Popular Science, Byte, Circuit Cellar, Modern Electronics, and Robotics Age. He is the author of Amazing Rubber Band Cars and Haywired, Pointless (yet awesome) Projects for the Electronically Inclined and Doable Renewables, 16 Alternative Energy Projects for Young Scientists. Mike is a graduate of Vanderbilt University--and he built an electric car in 1972.

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