Made on Earth
Tom Banwell is a leatherworker and caster/sculptor who creates imaginative facemasks.
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Brian and Leon Dewan have created a series of instruments called Dewanatrons that vary in complexity from simple and elegant to extraordinary.
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Dutch artist Olaf Mooij modified a 1983 Ford Sierra into the surreal, cartoonish DJ Mobile – complete with a professional-quality Beyma sound system and a DJ setup.
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Jason Hutt created a massive and intricate diorama of the Mos Eisley cantina scene from Star Wars.
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Young German designer Nils Ferber, along with his team, created the EX, a futuristic drill-powered trike.
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Ian Fardoe made a velomobile for his bicycle that cost about £2,600 ($4,000) to build – far less than commercial velomobiles, which can cost twice that price.
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Named after its inventor, French physicist Léon Foucault, the Foucault pendulum demonstrates the Earth's rotation by knocking down pins arrayed around the pit over which it swings.
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1+2+3
» Action Root Beer Pong
by Cy Tymony
Bring back the fun of beer pong by adding motion, with your own pong toy that scuttles about.
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Make a perfectly serviceable chair out of 2x4 studs.
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Maker
This special effects innovator hacks together blockbuster filmmaking tools – and shares his recipe for an indie-budget virtual camera.
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Incredible inventions from Chinese villagers.
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SPECIAL SECTION: Special Section
Build a funky little free-range drumbot that roams, makes beats, and samples.
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Turn an old Roomba into a web-controlled wireless remote surveillance vehicle.
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Build a cute robotic bobble-head that dances to your music, and even makes some of his own.
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Use a TV remote to grab and release small objects from afar.
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DJ Sures converts toys into surprisingly capable robots.
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» Welcome, Robot Overlords
A roundup of crazy bots, ready to do our bidding.
Quadrotor Craze
Lab Lush
On a Roll
Off-Road Snake
Emotional Robotic Band
Cavalcade of CoasterBots
Cellphones for Machines
Planet H99
TurtleBot Hobby Platform
Hamster Inside
Ultrasonic Sensors
Get a Grip
Bots on the Rocks
Art Hacks
DIY Underwater Exploration
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Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 had many amazing robots!
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Projects
Convert a regular aquarium into a jellyfish habitat.
Photographing Your Jellyfish
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Go-anywhere, instantly updatable glowing digital message board.
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Experience pre-Edison incandescent lighting.
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Welcome
Like dogs, robots are becoming our companions, demonstrating the ability to learn new routines that make us happy.
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Tales from the Web
» Building a MAKE Video Network
by Gareth Branwyn
We've greatly expanded MAKE's video offerings with a regular roster of excellent project and tutorial series, all conveniently accessed from blog.makezine.com/video and youtube.com/makemagazine and iTunes.
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Making Trouble
Biology doesn't use metal, and it doesn't use servos. Nature points to some very interesting alternatives.
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Country Scientist
» Startups: Origins of the PC Revolution
by Forrest Mims III
Today's smartphones and tablets, laptops and desktop computers all trace their ancestry to the arrival of the hobby computer era of the 1970s.
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Make Free
Pro-regulation hysterics make recourse to the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse: child porn, organized crime, terrorist, and pirates.
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Skill Builder
Free image/video processing software creates vivid representations of time, movement, and data.
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DIY: Workshop
Make a blade to make useful things for the kitchen.
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Go hands-free for the price of a clamp.
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DIY: Outdoors
» Portable Powerhouse
by Andrew Lewis
This semi-flexible solar panel system clips onto a backpack and provides power to electronic devices.
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Lure in a local colony of honeybees with a simple wooden bait hive.
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Make a simple tin-can stove that costs 99 cents, runs for free, and sequesters carbon as you cook.
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DIY: Office
An "active workstation" from a treadmill and Ikea parts.
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Customize your own integrated workspace.
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Electronics: Fun and Fundamentals
Use a simple accelerometer to perplex your friends.
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MakeShift
In the midst of a nuclear disaster, figure out a way to provide enough drinking water for at least one week.
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Howtoons
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Toolbox
» Toolbox
Multimeters and soldering irons and scissors, oh my! Plus a reference manual for pyros, and the ultimate maker belt.
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Eureka!
Use an R/C helicopter to help you zip your dress.
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Dangerous Things
Leverage the force of a locomotive.
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What I Made
Made entirely from paper and cord (and a teeny bit of wire and old Xmas lights), this cool shade needs nothing more than a craft knife, a hot glue gun, and a pair of pliers to construct.
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Remaking History
Make the electric battery that powered the scientific revolution.
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Homebrew
» My DIY King Pong
Jerry Reilly built a gigantic outdoor version of Pong.
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