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Czech artist Kristof Kintera likes to make the patrons of his art a little nervous. Page 19
David Jones makes his own scientific calculator watch. Page 20
South of Tucson, Ariz., a science enthusiast has been collecting moonlight. Page 21
Stacey Lee Webber makes tools from solder and pennies. Page 22
An old aircraft found new life as a yacht. Page 23
Billy Gordon has made a gigantic, strike-anywhere match. Page 24
Sean Regan has taken street spam and made it into comfortable furniture. Page 25
Mathematically rich thrills from a cheap toy. Page 136
Tim Kaiser's fabulously weird world of music. Page 32
Bruce Baldwin's DIY desert dream. Page 37
One father's search for the scientific answers that no one seemed to have. Page 40
Flight of fancy on a monumental scale. Page 44
How makers gave you the feature that Apple held back. Page 46
Winner gets a $10,000 college scholarship. Loser goes home. Page 48
A maker’s look at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture show. Page 50
Make's publisher Dale Dougherty talks about the beauty of sharing between makers. Page 12
Cory Doctorow advocates the entertainment industry take a little bit of their own sauce. Page 14
Makers tell their tales of mad boating experiments and childhood hijinks. Page 16
Computers are putting decor and ornament back into fabrication. Page 26
Bring DIY inspiration to a kid you don't know. Page 28
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to use your skills to manage an outbreak on a passenger plane. Page 30
The Guitar Zeros turn plastic and programming into real hard rock. Page 54
Make your own music with Guitar Hero controllers. Page 56
This MIDI kit just wants to bang on the drum all day. Page 60
Play strings of light, using laser pointers, rangefinders, photocells, and Arduino. Page 64
New sounds from a truly tiny instrument. Page 70
Make a responsive, stage-ready effects controller from a common gamepad. Page 74
Filter sound frequencies with an array of metal tubes. Page 78
Simple guitar effects circuits you can build. Page 82
Just a few of the wild and wonderful music acts at our Bay Area event. Page 86
» Electronic Drum Kit
by Tom Zimmerman
Velocity-sensitive impact sensors in PVC pipes interface to a micro drum machine. Page 88
Collaborative art for the artistically challenged. Page 93
Can your computer pass the Turing test? Page 96
Anyone can now acquire a bulletproof, anonymous online identity. Page 98
» Compressed Air Rocket
by Rick Schertle
Blow your friends away as you send this 25-cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. You can build this easy launcher and rocket with common hardware store items in an afternoon. Page 102
These three cannons can throw chunks of air in the form of smoke rings across a room. Page 114
With no moving parts, this simple energy-recycling generator scavenges waste heat from a candle and turns it into usable electricity. Page 122
Use microchipped wooden tiles to launch your favorite websites and applications. Page 130
Come to grips with this handy vise on a flexible gooseneck. Page 137
Prevent hole misalignment in mating parts. Page 139
T.J. Arey has been a freelance writer to the radio/ electronics hobby world for more than 25 years and is the author of Radio Monitoring: The How-To Guide. Page 141
Getting (or going over) the edge on Pinewood Derby day. Page 143
Wireless keychain fob controls apartment intercom’s door buzzer. Page 147
Control your co-worker’s cursor! Page 149
Walkie-talkie actuator lets everyone pose without rushing for a timer. Page 151
Shutter-control “intervalometer” uses a 555 timer chip. Page 156
Make ultraslow motion-control camera mounts, on a budget. Page 159
Auto-trigger photos of critters who roam your neighborhood. Page 162
Our favorite events from around the world. Page 165
Magnets are fascinating things, and they behave in unexpected ways. I will show you a little-known property of magnets, which actually allows them to pass through one another. Page 166
Maize tips compiled over 3,000 years of cultivation. Page 168
Can you have your house and spend it too? Page 170
Binoculars for beginners, über-accurate torque, a tea-serving robot, and 100 monsters. Page 172
MAKE’s favorite puzzles. Page 180
Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself. Page 182
Make your own marching band. Page 184
Jim Robertson decided to make his own laser tag implementation. Page 192
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