Mark Frauenfelder
Mark Frauenfelder is the Editor In Chief for MAKE.
Author of these Magazine Articles
That's How We Roll
I hope the projects in these pages will help you rekindle some of your own childhood memories, as well as provide your kids with opportunities for fun, adventure, and learning.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
26: Karts and Wheels page 11
World's Simplest Longboard
After giving my daughter my old skateboard, I started to miss having one. So I made my own.
From MAKE:
26: Karts and Wheels page 46
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In
Welcome
from MAKE:
23: Gadgets page 1
Open, Sesame
The fun of remote control.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
22: Remote Control / Wireless page 1
Traditional Cigar Box Guitar
Build this 3-string instrument that requires a minimum of tools and parts, yet sounds great.
From MAKE:
21: Desktop Manufacturing page 76
Surprising Robots
Real robots think for themselves.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
19: Robots page 1
Runaway Robots
Rovers at the first annual SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition have minds of their own.
From MAKE:
19: Robots page 72
Toolbox
Titanium nail puller, autonomous blimp kit, Mad Science, and extra heavy duty screwdrivers.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
19: Robots page 156
Toolbox
Wireless signal detector for the paranoid, a fire-powered soak, iPhone hacks, and tales of sustainability.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
18: ReMake America page 156
Make Like Picasso
When you create something amazing, it makes sense to honor it with physical appeal, too.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
14: Optics page 12
Sucker Bucket
MAKE takes apart an old carnival game to reveal its fraudulent gimmick.
From MAKE:
13: Magic page 92
Welcome
Spare parts are essential.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
12: Upload page 11
Quick Bits
Tips and tools for digital diversions.
From MAKE:
12: Upload page 61
Boing Box
Build a fun, one-stringed instrument that packs a mighty twang.
In
123
from MAKE:
12: Upload page 116
Tomes of Terror
Spooktastic DIY books.
From MAKE:
halloween2007: Halloween page 65
Shots from a Revolution
Digital photography of those massive, beautiful early computers. Excerpted from Mark Richards' book Core Memory.
From MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 84
Vibrobot
Make a twitchy, bug-like robot with a toy motor and a mint tin.
In
123
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 119
Cool Photo Websites
Use these online services to enhance your digital photographs.
In
DIY: Imaging
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 130
Pyramid Power
Mark shows us how to make an updated version of a 1941 prism puzzle.
In
Old School
from
CRAFT:
03: Japanese Influence page 151
Fringe Benefits
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Why it sometimes pays to look beyond the limits.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
09: Fringe page 11
Simply Impossible
Tin cans and ashtrays: how not to do a kid's how-to.
In
Old School
from
CRAFT:
02: Creative Clones page 145
Toolbox
Create your own computer games, discover magnetic attractions, and become a paper airplane champion. Plus: Recommendations from kids, and from and the designers at Wild Planet.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
08: Toys and Games page 168
A Crafty Worker Is a Happy Worker
Columnist Mark Frauenfelder shares a thrift store discovery from the General Motors Service Rack.
In
Old School
from
CRAFT:
01: Craft Premiere page 18
On to Year Two
A look back on our exciting first year.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 11
Toolbox
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 172
Mister Jalopy's Garage
Inside a maker's garage-sale treasure trove.
In
Workshop
from MAKE:
04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 52
Toolbox
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 168
Barebones LED Flasher
A simple circuit to go with your silicone nightlight enclosure.
In
DIY: Design
from MAKE:
03: Cars and Halloween page 140
Welcome
When users make: Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder on innovation and the entertainment industry's efforts to squelch it.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
02: Home Entertainment page 7
Unzap Flash Memory
How to salvage deleted pictures from camera memory.
In
DIY: Imaging
from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere page 125
Reading eBooks on a Palm Handheld
Discover the pleasures of reading by backlight.
In
DIY: Mobile
from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere page 134
Using Ecto for Almost Automatic Blogging
An easy-to-use application to manage routine and time-consuming weblog chores.
In
DIY: Online
from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere page 147
Toolbox
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere page 174
Photographer for these Magazine Articles
World's Simplest Longboard
After giving my daughter my old skateboard, I started to miss having one. So I made my own.
From MAKE:
26: Karts and Wheels page 46
Traditional Cigar Box Guitar
Build this 3-string instrument that requires a minimum of tools and parts, yet sounds great.
From MAKE:
21: Desktop Manufacturing page 76
Runaway Robots
Rovers at the first annual SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition have minds of their own.
From MAKE:
19: Robots page 72
Welcome
Spare parts are essential.
In
Welcome
from MAKE:
12: Upload page 11
Boing Box
Build a fun, one-stringed instrument that packs a mighty twang.
In
123
from MAKE:
12: Upload page 116
Cool Photo Websites
Use these online services to enhance your digital photographs.
In
DIY: Imaging
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 130
MAKE: Online Extras
Unsafe At Any Amperage?
Behind the scenes of our high-voltage dilemma: whether to publish a dangerously cool project in MAKE magazine's "Fringe" issue.
by Tom Anderson, Gareth Branwyn, Shawn Connally, Dale Dougherty, Mark Frauenfelder, Joe Grand, Saul Griffith, William Gurstelle, Bunnie Huang, Tom Igoe, Mister Jalopy, Steve Lodefink, John MacNeill, David Pescovitz, Charles Platt, Paul Spinrad, Phillip Torrone;
March 16, 2007
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