Made on Earth
Reports from the world of backyard technology.
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1+2+3
» Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things
by Cy Tymony
Turn a remote control car into an alarm system.
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Maker
A Q&A with the inventor of a pirate-scaring noisemaker, a helicopter for every garage, and a way to hack gravity itself.
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N55, a conceptual group from Denmark, creates functional art for living, breathing, and growing.
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Model kit makers bring B-movie monsters to your home.
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A new art venue for the robotic age.
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Projects
You don't have to be Burt Rutan to start your own rocket program. With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket.
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With a motor and some piping, it's suprisingly easy to build this inexpensive, efficient windmill generator--and enjoy free energy forever.
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Don't think you can build a jet engine at home? Here's a simple jet engine--a pulsejet--that you can make out of a jam jar in an afternoon. All it takes is bending some wire and punching a few holes.
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DIY
DIY: Home
Pages last longer, lie flatter, and look better inside a handsome, durable hardcover.
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The chemistry of stain removal.
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DIY: Computers
Five simple steps to a quieter PC.
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DIY: Mobile
Use a gunbelt and leg holster to hold your gear.
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» Boost Your Signal
by Bob Scott
Improving MyFi XM satellite radio reception.
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Plug into a world of novelty.
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Use GPS to create giant-sized works of art.
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DIY: Gaming
» Circuit Quiz Game
by Ben Wheeler
Teach kids about circuitry in 30 minutes.
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DIY: Imaging
Point your webcam anywhere you want.
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» The Fauxlance Photographer
by Andy Ihnatko
How to get VIP treatment by dressing the part of a pro photographer.
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DIY: Online
Getting things done with GTD TiddlyWiki.
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DIY: Science
See everything inside out through this classic optical instrument.
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Collect meteorological data on your roof and donate it to science.
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Portable, collapsible model rocket launch pad.
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Bioluminescence detector lights way toward insect-cyborg pollution sensor.
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DIY: Television
Use a long-obsolete Primestar dish to pull in a wide world of programming.
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You can get many of the benefits of Digital TV (DTV) for as little as 20 bucks, if you're willing to do a little tinkering.
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» Full Mast Reception
by Joe Grand
Build your own satellite dish mast in three easy steps.
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DIY: Workshop
» Dumpster Cornucopia
by Thomas Arey
Reusing components from discarded electronics.
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Welcome
A look back on our exciting first year.
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News from the Future
For everything that is gained, something is lost.
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Life Hacks
Overclocking your productivity: planning your projects one bit-sized piece at a time.
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Make Free
A copyright-controlled museum is a crime against humanity.
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Hands On
» Hands On: Making a Mobile
by Bruce Sterling
Staying poised at the fertile edge of chaos, while the clock ticks.
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Proto
Intel researcher Eric Paulos makes things that give their owners a new way of understanding their daily lives.
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MAKE looks at slide rules.
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Making Trouble
Or, why used can be so much better than new.
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Heirloom Technology
And a discourse on blind men, chipmunks, whales, and the future.
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From maker to maker.
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The street-legal electric car of the future is coming--not from Japan or Detroit--but from your neighbor's garage.
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» Dive, Darn It, Dive!
by Larry Harmon
It's a matter of sink and swim at the 8th international autonomous underwater vehicle competition.
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Be the hit of the neighborhood with a high-flying, tree-to-tree transporter.
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The Quick and Dirty
Learn three essential shop fabrication techniques and reward yourself by making a wi-fi signal deflector.
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Workshop
Meet Minnesota's celebrated thrill-machine maker.
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Aha!
Puzzles for makers.
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Theory & Practice
Get an infrared remote to turn your room lights on and off.
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Skill Builder
How circuits communicate with the outside world.
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Howtoons
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MakeShift
Can you stay alive until the bank vault unlocks?
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Toolbox
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
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Blast from the Past
Exploring the world of Amatuer Craftsman's Cyclopedia of Things to Make.
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Retrocomputing
» Computers in the Machine
by Tom Owad
Emulation software gives you free, zero-footprint, vintage computers.
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Maker's Corner
Almost everything you needed to know about MAKE.
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Maker's Calendar
Our favorite events from around the world: March - April - May 2006.
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Reader Input
» Reader Input
Where makers tell their tales and offer praise, brickbats, and swell ideas.
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Tales from the Web
Bots, how-tos, and virtual worlds all on the MAKE: Blog. Take a tour of what's new with Associate Editor Philip Torrone.
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» Digital Video Production: Create Explosive Visuals
by Chris Kenworthy
Real movie explosions are dangerous, expensive, and usually unecessary.
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Retrospect
» A Treehouse Grows in British Columbia
by George Dyson
Three years, 95 feet above the Earth.
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Homebrew
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