Made on Earth
Chris Burden's kinetic sculpture Metropolis II is a mesmerizing cityscape where 1,100 toy cars blaze down 18 lanes of freeways in endless loops.
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Built by U.K. photography duo Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas, the BeetleCam is a modded 4WD robotic buggy manufactured by Lynxmotion and mounted with a DSLR camera.
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Matt Brown's idea is to affix an RFID chip inside a laser-cut, flat-pack paper radio, and then pair the radio with a speaker base with an RFID reader.
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Andy Paiko has painstakingly re-created intricate antique machines almost exclusively out of glass, including a seismograph, a spinning wheel, weight scales, and even a large-scale Ben Franklin-esque glass armonica - and yes, they all work.
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Rather than sink money into filling in or restoring their run-down swimming pool, Dennis and Danielle McClung transformed it into a desert greenhouse.
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Fairgoers at the 2010 Bay Area Maker Faire were mesmerized by a massive, steel-and-glass orrery gently rotating in the main hall.
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Tim Linhart and his wife, Birgitta, construct working orchestras and concert halls out of ice.
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1+2+3
» Paper Clip Paper Holder
by Gus Dassios
What's better at holdeing paper than a paper clip? A bigger paper clip!
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With this project, you can create an effect that makes the out-of-focus lights in your pictures appear any shape you want.
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Instead of cutting the wire first and then trimming the insulation, I trim the insulation and then cut the wire.
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Maker
» Manufacture Your Project
by Mitch Altman
(and make a living doing what you love.)
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SPECIAL SECTION: Special Section
Got an itchy trigger finger? How about two? You'll love driving the Drill Kart, an easy-to-build go-kart powered by twin cordless drills that make it steer like a tank.
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After giving my daughter my old skateboard, I started to miss having one. So I made my own.
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Add a retro-style, one-cylinder gasoline engine to your bike.
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Building the unsimulation of a driving video game.
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» Kult of the Kart
by Nik Schulz
Cyclekarts are pint-sized (yet adult-piloted), prewar-style racers that are equal parts art object and four-wheeled mayhem generator.
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Mind-bending propeller cart outruns the wind that powers it.
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I decided I needed a new hobby, and soapbox racing sounded interesting - very fun, not too expensive, and it would get me into metalworking, which I had no experience with as an electrical engineer.
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» Wild Wheeled World
A roundup of DIY karts, scooters, and other rolling wonders.
Make: Projects Karts & Wheels Runners-Up
Madagascar Institute Chariot Races
Unauthorized Fun on Wheels
Gasifier Go-Kart
Wheelchair Accessible
The Brilliant Moonbeam
Redefining Street Legal
Tony Hawk's 630-Horsepower Skateboard
Home-Brewed Segway Scooter
Go, Toy Racer, Go!
Robo-Rainbow
Digital-to-Analog Car Mod
Biofuel Electric Snow Hummer
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Projects
Visualize waveforms with fire.
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Simple, addictive sound effects looper.
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Farm-fresh cyanobacteria.
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Welcome
I hope the projects in these pages will help you rekindle some of your own childhood memories, as well as provide your kids with opportunities for fun, adventure, and learning.
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Reader Input
» Reader Input
Arduinophytes and Maker Services
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Maker's Calendar
Our favorite events from around the world.
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In the Maker Shed
» Projects in Your Mailbox
by Dan Woods
We're proud to announce that Make: Projects readers can now conveniently purchase just about everything they need for their next project directly from the Make: Projects website.
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Tales from the Web
This year we not only upgraded our website and moved "into the cloud" – we hope you're enjoying improved performance, social media, and commenting tools – we also launched some great programs online. Check them out!
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Making Trouble
When you build it together, your learning is amplified - multiplied by the number of hands.
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Country Scientist
Sunshine is essential for plant growth, which is one reason scientists have developed so many methods to measure it.
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Make Free
A wake-up call for anyone who's blithely relying on the cloud.
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Skill Builder
Track your body's signals and brain waves and use them to control things.
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DIY: Circuits
A fun reflex game for all ages.
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Tap into your electronic devices and take control.
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DIY: Outdoors
Drying with the sun is one of the easiest, most energy-efficient ways to preserve your harvest.
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Create cheap and easy reinforced concrete columns in organic, sculptural forms.
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DIY: Home
Build a fake Colonial Period stool good enough to fool almost anybody.
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Make this smart chair from a 2'x3' sheet of plywood.
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Craft a cool way to keep your cutlery.
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Make an easy easel for your artwork.
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Electronics: Fun and Fundamentals
Hack an alarm siren to make a DIY dog repeller.
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Make Money
Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.
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Toys, Tricks, and Teasers
Deceive the eye with impossible falling motion.
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MakeShift
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Howtoons
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Toolbox
» Toolbox
Hot stuff, from thermometers to a pocket hotspot; and rugged gear, from backpacks to drills to tweezers.
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Eureka!
Use your maker skills to protect the cookie jar against potential cookie monsters.
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Toy Inventor's Notebook
Here's a fun and fast way to create a homemade version of the classic cereal premium toy, the baking powder-powered diving submarine.
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What I Made
Made from soda cans & chopsticks.
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Heirloom Technology
Can ancient Aztec agriculture save the sinking Sacramento Delta islands?
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Remaking History
Use linen, wood, and the wisdom of ancient Egyptians to make a juicer.
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Homebrew
» My Home-Built Power Wheelchair
by Marcus Brooks
About three years ago I accepted arthritic degeneration of my hucklebone (hips) as an excuse to build a power wheelchair.
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