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Theory & Practice — RFID for Makers

Joe Grand

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May 22nd, 2006 0

Build this kit to read radio frequency ID tags.

Tales From the Web — Roomba Tronic

Phillip Torrone

current: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600...

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@adafruit

May 22nd, 2006 0

Take a tour into the underground robotic relentlessness of Roomba hacks, robots in the streets of Austin, and robot cockfighting.

Workshop — Makin’ Man

Shawn Connally

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May 22nd, 2006 0

Inside a versatile maker’s machine shop.

Own Your Own Tower PC

Robert Bruce Thompson

Robert Bruce Thompson is the author of the Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments and co-owner of the Home Scientist.

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May 22nd, 2006 0

The standard tower-style PC is blessedly modular, designed to be opened and upgraded.

Proto — Space Cases

David Pescovitz

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May 22nd, 2006 0

The balloon men at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The Quick and Dirty — Hot Air

Mister Jalopy

Mister Jalopy breaks the unbroken, repairs the irreparable, and explores the mechanical world at hooptyrides.com.

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May 22nd, 2006 0

Build a do-everything manifold to control, dry, route, and use compressed air.

The Vex Robotics Design System

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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@garethb2

May 22nd, 2006 0

Versatile, powerful design raises the bot in prefab robotics construction kits.

make 06

Theory & Practice — RFID for Makers

By Joe Grand

Joe Grand

Tales From the Web — Roomba Tronic

By Phillip Torrone

Phillip Torrone

@adafruit

Workshop — Makin’ Man

By Shawn Connally

Shawn Connally

Own Your Own Tower PC

By Robert Bruce Thompson

Robert Bruce Thompson

Proto — Space Cases

By David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz

The Quick and Dirty — Hot Air

By Mister Jalopy

Mister Jalopy

The Vex Robotics Design System

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

@garethb2

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