Without further delay, here are the winners of the Make: Electronics book drawing: >> NikonErik >> EvilGenius121 >> driph >> xrazorwirex >> Idlewood Congrats. All of you: email me your mailing address. We’re thrilled by the response we got to the giveaway, 166 comments! And not only did people ask great questions, other readers pitched […]
Welcome to the third installment of the Make It Last Build Series and contest, sponsored by Microchip and Energizer. Over the next five weeks, we’re going to be working on the third project, a cool mural drawing machine called the Drawbot. With two stepper motors, some monofilament line, a binder clip, a Sharpie and a […]
We’re very proud of Make: Electronics, the beginner’s guide to electronics written by MAKE contributing editor Charles Platt. It has consistently been an O’Reilly bestseller and has already been through several printings. It’s a hit! It seems to fulfill the exact purpose we set for it, which was to basically be a truly accessible, plain-spoken, […]
Wheel aficionados, there are still a couple of days left to enter the MAKE Karts and Wheels contest. Got any projects that have wheels and can carry a person? Enter for your chance to get your project polished and published in MAKE Volume 26, the Karts and Wheels issue. The rules are simple: 1. Come […]
If you’re looking for a way to fill up some of your after school time in the next few months, check out Google Science Fair. Gather up a friend or two and set out to explore science and making while creating an online record of your project and process. You’ll be competing against teens worldwide, but hey, the prizes look worthwhile.
Aged out of the competition? You can help out a team of youth as a teacher or mentor.
Calling all wheel freaks, go-kart aficionados, bike builders, skateboard modders, soapbox specialists, trailer tinkerers, and vehicle hackers! Wanna get published in MAKE magazine? Here’s your chance! We’ve just extended the deadline for our Karts and Wheels contest by a week. The new deadline is Friday, January 24th, which gives you two extra weekends to get […]
From Parker Posey’s Mary, in Party Girl, to Batgirl — aka Barbara Gordon, head of Gotham City Public Library — to real-life Librarian Action Figure/ bibliophile Nancy Pearl, there are a lot of reasons why books are sexy. But you don’t need a librarian, or even the Dewey Decimal System, to fetishize over stacks. Grab […]
