Paul Spinrad

Paul is projects editor for MAKE.

Author of these Magazine Articles

"Glengarry" Brass Balls
This totemic desk toy assembles in 2 minutes.
In DIY: Office from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 138

Transcendental Problem-Solving
MythBuster Adam Savage talks about making his way growing up.
In Maker from MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 32

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

Swing and Wrong-Way Bikes Download PDF.Download Sample PDF
Trick cycles from Cyclecide.
From MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 73

Rock the Bike
Social biking with Fossil Fool and the Juice Pedaler.
From MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 77

Masonic Conspiracy Revealed!
When engineering culture detaches from reality.
From MAKE: 09: Fringe page 75

Toolbox
Read about crop circles, make your own temporary tattoos, and take crystal-clear photos with a circular polarizing filter.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 09: Fringe page 172

VJing 101
Performing live video combines the visual power of filmmaking with the spontaneity of jazz.
In DIY: Music from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 137

The VJ Book
The story behind Paul's book, "The VJ Book."
In DIY: Music from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 144

Made on Earth
Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a shopping cart go-kart, the "Solar Death Ray," a demolished house sculpture, a gas tank bass instrument, and some seriously big speakers.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 16

Biofuels Today
The nation's #1 Mock Newspaper for Make readers intersted in alternative fuels. Front page news: "Grassroots Network Offers Alternative to Big Oil," "Deep-Fried Ride: Veggie Oil Inside," "Slippery Characters Steal Fryer Oil, Leave Mess," and "How Eco is Bio?"
From MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 76

Get Funky
Make custom stink pods for your Stink Blaster.
In DIY: Weird from MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 133

Made on Earth
Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a cockroach-controlled robot, high altitude glider, student-built cyclotron, Vee 9 solar vehicle, robotic CD burner, coffee mug ramjet, and more.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment page 14

Made on Earth
Amazing things that ordinary people are making in their garages and backyards, including the Niles Monorail, steam locomotives, desktop trebuchets and guillotines, serious legos, a thermo-electric keg wrap, Meccano computing machinery, and more.
In Made on Earth from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere page 14

Photographer for these Magazine Articles

"Glengarry" Brass Balls
This totemic desk toy assembles in 2 minutes.
In DIY: Office from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 138

Electroluminescent (EL) Wire
Bring glow into your projects by learning how to work this flexible, durable material.
In Skill Builder from MAKE: 21: Desktop Manufacturing page 142

Rock the Bike
Social biking with Fossil Fool and the Juice Pedaler.
From MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 77


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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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Solar Pendulum -- Solar pendulum
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