Tim Anderson
Tim Anderson, co-founder of Z Corp., has a home at stuff.mit.edu/people/robot/home.html. When not ice-kite-butt-boarding in a rooster-crested motorcycle helmet, he can be found all over the world using and documenting heirloom technologies.
Author of these Magazine Articles
Composting Toilets Made Easy
Poop in a bucket, save the Earth.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
32: Design for Makers page 139
Instant Cozy Kimono Robe
Everyone loves this robe, and there’s room in it for everyone!
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
29: DIY Superhuman page 170
Chinampa Gardens
Can ancient Aztec agriculture save the sinking Sacramento Delta islands?
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
26: Karts and Wheels page 168
Carve Inscriptions in Stone
Send a message to eternity.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 168
Carve a Stone Bowl
Make a gift to eternity in about two hours.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
24: Space page 168
Tree Moving
Transplant a big tree with a giant two-wheeled dolly.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
23: Gadgets page 164
Crooked Knife
The northern nomad's tool.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
22: Remote Control / Wireless page 164
Instant Paddle
Here’s a better, quicker, inexpensive way to make a paddle.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
21: Desktop Manufacturing page 164
Papuan Speargun
This speargun gets its power from a strip of red rubber.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
19: Robots page 154
Maker Family Portrait
A family of inventive blacksmiths in Indonesia supply the locals with just about everything they need.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
18: ReMake America page 154
Island Tricks
Here are just some of the island tricks you should know about.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
17: Lost Knowledge page 178
Handy Tricks from Guatemala
Maize tips compiled over 3,000 years of cultivation.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
15: Music page 168
My Homebrew 3D Scanner
Imagine a camera that captures the shapes of things, and a printer that prints out those shapes.
In
Homebrew
from MAKE:
14: Optics page 192
All-Purpose Swahili Bed
In Kenya, the most common and most useful piece of furniture is the rot- and bedbug-resistant Swahili bed.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
13: Magic page 102
Heirloom Technology
The widowmaker: cutting down a tree.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
12: Upload page 152
Cooking With Trash
The Chinese make fuel briquettes from coal dust, farm waste, scrap wood, and a bit of local red dirt.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles page 38
Toolbox
The best tools, software, publications, and websites. Plus: Favorite Things as chosen by the bike-crazed editors of Momentum magazine.
In
Toolbox
from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles page 174
Tire Sandals
Solve multiple global problems at once when you make your own sandals from an old tire.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 40
Instant Hammock
Make your own hammock in less time than it takes to read this.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
09: Fringe page 40
Charlie Asquith's Jet Dory
Charlie is 78 years old and he's been fishing for mullet in Hawks Nest, Australia, for over 60 years.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
08: Toys and Games page 40
Shopping Cart Chair
Turn a shopping cart into a comfortable and stylish wheelchair.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
07: Backyard Biology page 40
Totch Brown's Pit Pan Gator Boat
Start your boat-building hobby by building this one.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
06: Robots page 50
Jackhammer Headphones
And a discourse on blind men, chipmunks, whales, and the future.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 56
Chinese Ingenuity
Look for the technology of the future in the oldest civilization!
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 38
Swamp Tech
Revisiting, revamping, and reusing forgotten technology: living free in the Florida Everglades.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
03: Cars and Halloween page 36
Nicaraguan Know-How
Revisiting, revamping, and reusing forgotten technology. Tim Anderson describes the homemade solutions he saw on a recent trip to Nicaragua: hand-pedaled bicycles, reused school buses, horse-drawn carriages, sock coffee filters, and ancient cooling systems and water filters abound.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
02: Home Entertainment page 30
Heirloom Technology
Finding the technology of the future from the forgotten ideas of the past.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere page 38
Photographer for these Magazine Articles
Composting Toilets Made Easy
Poop in a bucket, save the Earth.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
32: Design for Makers page 139
Instant Cozy Kimono Robe
Everyone loves this robe, and there’s room in it for everyone!
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
29: DIY Superhuman page 170
Carve Inscriptions in Stone
Send a message to eternity.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 168
Carve a Stone Bowl
Make a gift to eternity in about two hours.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
24: Space page 168
Tree Moving
Transplant a big tree with a giant two-wheeled dolly.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
23: Gadgets page 164
Instant Paddle
Here’s a better, quicker, inexpensive way to make a paddle.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
21: Desktop Manufacturing page 164
Papuan Speargun
This speargun gets its power from a strip of red rubber.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
19: Robots page 154
Maker Family Portrait
A family of inventive blacksmiths in Indonesia supply the locals with just about everything they need.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
18: ReMake America page 154
Island Tricks
Here are just some of the island tricks you should know about.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
17: Lost Knowledge page 178
Handy Tricks from Guatemala
Maize tips compiled over 3,000 years of cultivation.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
15: Music page 168
My Homebrew 3D Scanner
Imagine a camera that captures the shapes of things, and a printer that prints out those shapes.
In
Homebrew
from MAKE:
14: Optics page 192
All-Purpose Swahili Bed
In Kenya, the most common and most useful piece of furniture is the rot- and bedbug-resistant Swahili bed.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
13: Magic page 102
Cooking With Trash
The Chinese make fuel briquettes from coal dust, farm waste, scrap wood, and a bit of local red dirt.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles page 38
Tire Sandals
Solve multiple global problems at once when you make your own sandals from an old tire.
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 40
Illustrator for these Magazine Articles
Chinampa Gardens
Can ancient Aztec agriculture save the sinking Sacramento Delta islands?
In
Heirloom Technology
from MAKE:
26: Karts and Wheels page 168
