Retractable Kitchen Island Controlled by iPhone 03/18/2011 Tim Thaler built a kitchen island that retracts into the floor, and is controlled by an iPhone. Retractable Kitchen Island...
Car puts spare tire to use 03/06/2011 This 1950s newsreel shows a car that was modded by its owner to deploy its spare tire as a tight-spot...
Remote controlled cockroach 03/04/2011 Our pals at Backyard Brains (makers of the terrific SpikerBox kit, which allows you to study the electrical impulses of...
This Week in Hobby Robotics (pilot) 03/04/2011 I’m happy to present the pilot episode of an upcoming weekly MAKE video called This Week in Hobby Robotics, a...
MAKE Volume 25: Retro Skype Phone 02/10/2011 One of my favorite articles in MAKE Volume 25’s hefty “Arduino Revolution” section shows you how to convert a classic...
MAKE Volume 25: The Arduino Revolution! 02/08/2011 I’m really excited about MAKE Volume 25, because we have a terrific 39-page special section about Arduino. If you don’t...
Aquaponics project at New York middle school 12/23/2010 Joseph Karb, a teacher at Springville Middle School, wrote to me about an aquaponics enrichment project he is working on...
Holiday Gift Guide: Mark’s Made by Hand Guide 11/29/2010 I wrote my book, Made By Hand, to learn how to become a do-it-yourselfer. I focused on projects that could...
The cart that launched a thousand flame wars 11/16/2010 An interview with Jack Goodman by Mark Frauenfelder In this third and final piece of our wind cart series, we...
What I’ve Learned About Wind Carts 11/05/2010 By Mark Frauenfelder Rick Cavallaro demonstrates his treadmill wind cart. In February 2007, MAKE’s project editor, Paul Spinrad, emailed me...