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William Gurstelle
William Gurstelle is a contributing editor of Make: magazine. His new book, ReMaking History: Early Makers is now available.
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06/13/2015
Louis Poinsot was the first to demonstrate that any number of individual forces pushing or pulling on a rigid thing...
05/28/2015
Re-create the incendiary reaction that welded the world’s modern railways.
05/22/2015
Build the simple span that launched the great age of iron bridge building.
05/21/2015
A father’s love inspired this A-bomb maker to invent a pneumatic actuator that’s used in robots today.
03/13/2015
Re-create the process that gave us car tires, rubber bands, and the boots on your feet
02/18/2015
Before homes were electrified, people lived in constant danger of clothing and surroundings catching fire from the oil lamps and...
11/20/2014
Use the fascinating Möbius strip to make a spill-proof coffee cup carrier.
05/01/2014
Make the mechanism that put the movies on the big screen.
01/09/2014
Can humans fly by flapping? Nope. But they can build a small, rubber band-powered ornithopter whose motion is similar to...
01/06/2014
Build the simple plane that defined modern aircraft — 100 years before the Wright brothers. Another fun and fascinating project...
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