Mark Frauenfelder

Remote controlled lawn mower: then and now

08/04/2010

Advertisement, circa 1960: “One day, by simply speaking into a microphone, you may be able to control an electrical ‘gardener’...

07/27/2010

I have a couple dozen of art instruction books, but few are as fun as Robots!: Draw Your Own Androids,...

07/27/2010

Make: Projects (makeprojects.com) is our brand new beta library of project instructions written by you, the readers.

05/27/2010

Spencer G, and his pals Laeo and Ava, built these nifty Mindstorm robots to wander around the living room. His...

05/27/2010

My new book is out! Made by Hand is about the fun and fulfillment I got from making my own...

04/21/2010

A neat idea from Ian Collins. Make an iPad stand from its own packaging.

04/16/2010

Ari Krupnik is developing an iPhone app that interfaces with an R/C radio. Hope it gets approved by the Apple...

04/13/2010

We were saddened to learn that Dr. Ed Roberts — aka “the father of the personal computer” — died of...

04/05/2010

Make contributor T.J. “Skip” Arey says: Many of you know that, some time back, I authored a book called Radio...

04/01/2010

You’ll learn how to make a remote control lawn mower, hack remote control power outlets, cheaply control appliances over the...