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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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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.
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

Shoot the Rainbow
My housemates and I were planning a party, and we decided that an excellent drinking game would involve shooting all the colors of the rainbow. And thus, Skittles Vodka was born.
In Quick Craft from CRAFT: 08: Weaving page 131

Print-and-Fold Ames Room
This classic illusion makes objects - and hobbits - seem to change size.
From MAKE: 14: Optics page 60

Living Room Baja Buggies
With wireless cameras on board, these radio-controlled racers give you virtual reality telepresence.
From MAKE: 14: Optics page 96

Pulsating Pal
A vibrating pillow is just what what every room needs.
In DIY: Wire It from CRAFT: 07: Shoes page 128