Maker’s Calendar 01/04/2013 Our favorite events from around the world. MAKE Volume 33 features our special Software for Makers section covering apps for...
Remaking History: Abraham Lincoln and the Political Campaign Torch 01/04/2013 Presidential political campaigns were much different in the nineteenth century. The key political tool was the parade.
Sound-O-Light Speakers 12/18/2012 Surprisingly simple PVC pipe speakers are clear shining performers.
Gravity Catapult 12/18/2012 I have long been enamored of catapults. Invented around 400 B.C., they were used until nearly A.D. 1300. So for...
Oil Lamp from the Cave Dwellers of Lascaux 12/18/2012 In Africa, Europe, and China, field scientists have uncovered the fossilized remains of campfire-charred bones so old that they likely...
The Fire Piston 12/18/2012 Carl von Linde was dead tired. The eminent engineer, considered the father of the modern refrigerator, had just returned to...
Two-Can Stirling Engine 12/18/2012 The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here are complete plans for building and operating a two-cylinder model...
The Chinese Windlass 12/18/2012 In the summer of 1860, the Second Opium War was reaching its climax. Three years earlier, Britain and France had...
