Made on Earth
Mika Aoki makes glass art inspired by mold spores, viruses, plants, life, and death.
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» The Stuffing of Dreams
by Gregory Hayes
Wendy Tsao brings children's artword to huggable life as toys, with her small business, Child's Own Studio.
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Dodecaudion is a gesture-based, spatial interface that allows performers to create music by moving hands or other body parts around the 12-sided structure.
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» Shredding the Chopper
by Laura Kiniry
San Francisco musician Michael Gaughan builds crazy guitars to play on tour with his metal/punk/rock band.
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» Fast & Furious Fuselage
by Goli Mohammadi
Five young makers built the Viper, a full-motion flight simulator built into the fuselage of a Piper PA-28 plane.
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Christoph Finkel creates masterfully carved vessels that are profoundly indebted to the wood they're carved from.
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Tropism Well is an interactive sculpture that senses when someone is near and bows to pour water into a glass.
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1+2+3
A toy car that's easy to make and has lots of room for play, in terms of design.
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Here's a simple trick I discovered for etching designs on glass bottles using the bottle's label as a built-in resist.
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Welcome
Inspired by what we’ve seen at hackerspaces and Maker Faires around the world, we explore “design for makers” in this issue.
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Soapbox
» The {Unspoken} Rules of Open Source Hardware
by Phillip Torrone
I spend most of my days working on open source hardware in some way, and I want to talk about some of the unspoken rules we all seem to follow.
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Making it Legal
If you want to sell your ideas or create a community of sharing around them, you’ll want to make sure you properly protect them first.
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Maker's Calendar
Our favorite events from around the world.
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Features
An exclusive interview with Shawn Thorsson.
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Workshop
» Workshop: Shawn Thorsson
by Goli Mohammadi
Down a dusty road in the eggs-and-butter town of Petaluma, Calif., sits a big, handmade pink Victorian complete with chicken coop, storage containers, vintage cars, and Thorsson's badass workshop, where fantasy comes to life.
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Features
Marvin Glass was the man behind Mouse Trap, Operation, Lite-Brite, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, and dozens of other iconic toys and games.
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» Industrial Design for Makers
by Bob Knetzger
How to make your project better through intelligent design.
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How MAKE overhauls projects …
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» Good Design Gets Out of the Way
by Dale Dougherty
Arduino's Massimo Banzi on interaction design.
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Adafruit's new wearable electronics platform.
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» Delighting in Delivering Light to the World
by Rick Schertle
D.Light Design makes an efficient, affordable solar lantern for people in developing countries.
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Dezso Molnar elevates flying motorcycles from fiction to fact.
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» The $100 Secret Room
by Crazy Talk
Rule number one of having a secret room: don't tell people you have a secret room.
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» Unreasonable Rocketeers
by Charles Platt
The new space race is maker-made.
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Toy sculptor Scott Hensey in our new video series, "Make: Believe."
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» The Case for Good Design
Monster MIDI
Magical Soldering Unicorn
Block Party
Warm Hand Shake
Ambarometer
Big Deal
Eco Print & Build
Toolbox Boombox
Widescreen Wonder
Queen of Hacks
Enticing Enclosures
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Skill Builder
Got a project too big for a microcontroller? This embedded Linux board offers powerful features in a small package.
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Projects
Make a hot/cold food smoker from a 55-gallon steel drum.
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Fling your Rocket Glider or other toy aircraft 150 feet into the sky!
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PC Load Letter?! Over 200 useful parts for free!
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A wave of your finger opens this magic treasure chest.
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A hardware solution to help you when a synonym for “awesome” doesn’t come to mind immediately.
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Make a cheap, high-tech nozzle to eliminate turbulence and create incredible water effects.
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Global domination for the young evil genius.
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Heirloom Technology
Poop in a bucket, save the Earth.
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Remaking History
Build the clever instrument that told sailors their latitude for 200 years.
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Country Scientist
The MusicAlgorithms web tool displays a piano keyboard over a range of selectable options for instrument selection, tempo, and volume. A pointer on the scale below the keyboard keeps track of progress.
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Toys, Tricks, and Teasers
Use throwaway 3D movie glasses to experiment with linear and circular polarized light.
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Projects
Add bright lighting to your space with powerful LEDs housed in PVC.
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Dangerous Things
» Burn Things with a Magnifying Glass
by Gever Tulley
Harness the awesome power of the sun.
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Howtoons
Make and play this board game based on the primary colors!
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What I Made
» Coffee Holder Made From Coffee Stirring Sticks
by Scott Bedford
A caffeine-inspired coffee bean-shaped coffee holder made from coffee-stained coffee shop stirring sticks.
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Toolbox
» Toolbox
Hand drills, USB microscopes, butterfly scissors, and more!
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Toy Inventor's Notebook
A fun game-in-a-hat!
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