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Toolbox
A simply great calculator, laundry alternatives, a look at music, and the 3D camera you’ve been waiting for.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 152

Political Hot Seat
Sean Regan has taken street spam and made it into comfortable furniture.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 15: Music page 25

Yabba Dabba DIY
Bill LeMaster built the Flintstone car for his grandkids' Halloween costume.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 14: Optics page 22

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Spirulina Superfood Tank
Farm-fresh cyanobacteria.
From MAKE: 26: Karts and Wheels page 92

Fool's Stool
Build a fake Colonial Period stool good enough to fool almost anybody.
In DIY: Home from MAKE: 26: Karts and Wheels page 128

Getting Started with Microcontrollers
Choose the right controller for your project and your skill level.
From MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 42

Vintage VoIP
Convert a classic 1930s telephone into a Skype phone.
From MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 46

Yobot: Precision Fermentation
Build your own smart yogurt maker.
From MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 57

$5 HeliRocket
Use toilet paper tubes, coat hangers, and rubber bands to build a high-flying model rocket that transforms into a helicopter midflight, then spins dramatically back down to Earth.
From MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 82

Making a Cage Trap
Catch pesky animals humanely with a homemade slammer.
In DIY: Outdoors from MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 126

Faux Flames
Make realistic fake fire, using fabric, a fan, and some LEDs.
In DIY: Workshop from MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 140

The Chinese Windlass
British soldiers, encamped on the outskirts of Beijing after the war, took note of an ingenious device being used to raise and lower drawbridges.
In Remaking History from MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 170

Ping Ponger
The Ping Ponger uses almost half of a rubber racquetball as a disc spring that's bistable (it can be at rest in 2 possible states) to propel a ping-pong ball from a compact PVC launcher.
In 123 from MAKE: 24: Space page 44

High-Resolution Spectrograph
Lab-worthy analysis for cheap.
From MAKE: 24: Space page 58

Helium Balloon Imaging "Satellite"
Snap aerial photos from 300' up by suspending a hacked drugstore camera from 3 tethered helium balloons.
From MAKE: 24: Space page 80

Electromagnetic Aluminum Levitator
This simple AC-powered coil device uses magnetism to levitate aluminum rings and shoot them into the air - and aluminum isn't even magnetic!
From MAKE: 24: Space page 100

A Simple Light Sculpture
Swirling colors for long-exposure photos.
In DIY: Imaging from MAKE: 24: Space page 117

Crochet Crockery
Unique containers made from yarn and resin.
In DIY: Home from MAKE: 24: Space page 130

Da Vinci Reciprocating Mechanism
Re-create Renaissance tech to convert rotation into a square wave.
In DIY: Toys from MAKE: 24: Space page 133

Greenhouse Controller
Build a temperature-switched power outlet and save some green.
In DIY: Outdoors from MAKE: 24: Space page 143

Alessandro Volta and Electrodeposition
Before the chemists of the 19th century understood electrochemistry, most metal items were made from one solid hunk of metal; the same on the inside, outside, and everywhere in between.
In Remaking History from MAKE: 24: Space page 170

Mystery Electronic Switches

From MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 60

Squelette, the Bare-Bones Amplifier
Squelette is a see-through amplifier that sounds ridiculously good while showing off your soldering (it looks nothing like a typical audio product).
From MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 70

Gyrocar
Outfit a toy gyroscope with an electric motor to make it run continuously, and add an adjustable drive wheel that lets it chug along a monorail, balance on a string, circle the rim of a pot, and perform other tricks.
From MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 84

The Most Useless Machine
Make a machine that, when you flip the switch on, an arm reaches out of a door to turn the switch back off.
From MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 94

CD/DVD Parts Container
A new twist on the old baby-food jar organizer.
In DIY: Workshop from MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 115

Samuel Morse and the Telegraph
Despite the fact that Morse had little knowledge of electricity, he plunged ahead as only a man in the throes of a serious midlife crisis could.
In Remaking History from MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 168

Easy Home Control Via Web Chat
Switch stuff at home from anywhere, with this screen-to-photosensor hack.
From MAKE: 22: Remote Control / Wireless page 57

The Drill Rod
Run a mini electric bike with a cordless drill.
In Build Notes from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 108

Combo Snow Gun
Make snow with a pro-style gun for about $90.
In DIY: Outdoors from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 125

Benjamin Franklin’s Electrical Experiments
Benjamin Franklin and electricity.
In Remaking History from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 168

Pedal Smoothie
David Butcher's Pedal Powered Prime Mover as seen on Make: television.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 25

The Weight-Powered Vehicle (WPV)
How far can a car go on one foot-pound of energy?
From MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 74

Hydrogen-Oxygen Bottle Rocket
Use electricity to split tap water into hydrogen and oxygen gases, then use this explosive gas mixture to power a two-stage, electronically timed rocket.
From MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 90

Humphry Davy and the Arc Light
More than 70 years before Edison’s 1879 incandescent lamp patent, the English scientist Humphry Davy developed a technique for producing controlled light from electricity.
From MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 166

My Robot, Makey
Build this simple autonomous robot that’s programmed to follow objects around.
From MAKE: 19: Robots page 76

Speed Vest
Make a lightweight night-cycling vest that displays your current speed in glowing, 7-inch-tall numbers easily visible to cars.
From MAKE: 19: Robots page 100

Burnout Sounds
Guitar effects from old compact fluorescent light bulbs.
In DIY: Circuits from MAKE: 19: Robots page 120

Breaking and Entering
Open and repair a damaged proximity swipe card.
In DIY: Circuits from MAKE: 19: Robots page 121

Greener Waves
Surfboard kit uses a new epoxy technique without fiberglass.
In DIY: Outdoors from MAKE: 19: Robots page 134

Home Energy Dashboards
New ways to see your power usage in real time.
From MAKE: 18: ReMake America page 48

The Garduino Garden Controller
Geeked-out gardening: use a microcontroller and simple sensors to give plants exactly the water and light they need.
From MAKE: 18: ReMake America page 90

Hogwash
How to make bacon soap, from actual bacon!
In DIY: Home from MAKE: 18: ReMake America page 139

The Teacup Stirling Engine
Turn the heat from tea, coffee, or candles into piston power!
From MAKE: 17: Lost Knowledge page 68

The PowerFake
Make an inexpensive desktop scroll wheel and volume control.
In DIY: Circuits from MAKE: 17: Lost Knowledge page 165

Polaroid Emulsion Transfer
Use photos to turn ordinary objects into works of art.
In DIY: Transfer It from CRAFT: 10: Celebrate! page 126

Sharp Magnetism
Create a magnetic rack to hang your blades.
In DIY: Hang It from CRAFT: 09: Crafting Green page 123

Think Outside the Cereal Box
These projects are fortified with real recycling flavor.
In Recycle It from CRAFT: 09: Crafting Green page 144

Portable Spy Scope
Turn your cellphone into a high-power digiscope.
From MAKE: 16: Spy Tech page 64

Simple Laser Communicator
Talk in secret over your private laser beam light link.
From MAKE: 16: Spy Tech page 67

Dead Drop Device
A hollow bolt hides secret messages.
From MAKE: 16: Spy Tech page 72

Chladni Plate
Make sound visible with this vibrating setup.
From MAKE: 16: Spy Tech page 122

USB Motion Detector
Turn your PC into an ambush multimedia presenter.
In DIY: Home from MAKE: 16: Spy Tech page 165

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