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Shredding the Chopper
San Francisco musician Michael Gaughan builds crazy guitars to play on tour with his metal/punk/rock band.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 32: Design for Makers page 24

Achieving Balance
Tired of walking to the supermarket from his dorm, 21-year-old MIT computer science and electrical engineering student Stephan Boyer decided he needed a quicker way to travel.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 31: Punk Science page 21

Solar Dune Buggy
Brothers Michael and Kenny Ham have a goal: to create cheap electric vehicles that get people interested in renewable energy.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 29: DIY Superhuman page 22

Big Wheels Turnin'
Friends Fred Abels and Maik ter Veer made the Dicyclet - a bicycle with wheels that ride parallel instead of in a line, with the driver suspended below the axle.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 28: Toys and Games page 22

Pooled Resources
Rather than sink money into filling in or restoring their run-down swimming pool, Dennis and Danielle McClung transformed it into a desert greenhouse.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 26: Karts and Wheels page 23

Backyard in Motion
Retired mechanical contractor Bill McHugh has spent more than 40 years creating fun kinetic sculptures that run on air, sun, water, birds, and most typically, squirrels.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 24

The Lawn Rider
Former Navy aviation machinist Ted Wojcik built a pedal-powered lawn mower.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 24: Space page 23

Bright Lights, Big Installation
Firefly 1440 is an LED display of dancing light patterns based on the wind's force, timing, and direction.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 20

Come On, Sweat!
Waste to Work is a project that explores sweat as a catalyst for energy.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 23: Gadgets page 25

Network Tormentations
Constraint City is a fetish-inspired piece that explores the realm between public and private space.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 22: Remote Control / Wireless page 22

Emotional Aquatics
Axolotl is a 3D audiovisual display attracting onlookers with a digitized squid-like creature that responds to facial recognition by simulating a sense of interaction and involvement.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 21

All We Can Say Is, WoW
With help from artist Marisa Jahn and Steve Shada, MIT Media Lab research assistant Cati Vaucelle created the WoW Pod, “a cocoon that structures a relationship between your physical body and your avatar,” she says.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 19: Robots page 25

Trailer (Re)Made
Paul Villinski's Emergency Response Studio, a FEMA-style trailer transformed into a fully functional, sustainably built mobile artist studio.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 18: ReMake America page 22

Power to the People
An inventor turns spinning wheels into generators for rural India.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 17: Lost Knowledge page 22

A World of Brick
Nathan Sawaya sculpts with Legos.
In Handmade from CRAFT: 10: Celebrate! page 18

Nouveau Fiche
Crafter Julie Yu weaves with reels of 1960s and 70s New York Times microfilm.
In Handmade from CRAFT: 10: Celebrate! page 19

Everyday Extraordinary
Interaction designer JooYoun Paek's (anything but) routine interpretations.
In Crafter from CRAFT: 10: Celebrate! page 30

Festivals Around the World
Celebrate traditional and offbeat crafts at these international events.
From CRAFT: 10: Celebrate! page 38

Second Lives
A roundup of resourceful crafters who revive all manner of objects.
From CRAFT: 09: Crafting Green page 54