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Made On Earth — Going Buggy

By Linda Permann

Linda Permann

March 10th, 2009 0

With an entomologist’s passion and meticulous attention to detail, glass artist Wesley Fleming recreates bugs in the form of tiny glass sculptures.

Make Free — Love the Machine, Hate the Factory

By Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist.

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March 10th, 2009 0

The biggest appeal of steampunk is that it exalts the machine and disparages the mechanization of human creativity.

Make Money — Chess Set

By Tom Parker

Tom Parker

Tom Parker is an author who lives in Ithaca, N.Y., and works for Cornell University. When he is not tinkering with junk, he's a flight instructor and flies a 1956 Cessna 180 bush plane.

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March 10th, 2009 0

Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.

Maker’s Calendar

By William Gurstelle

William Gurstelle

William Gurstelle is a contributing editor of Make: magazine. His new book, ReMaking History: Early Makers is now available.

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March 10th, 2009 0

Our favorite events from around the world.

My Own Arduino Espresso Machine

By Timothy Hirzel

Timothy Hirzel

Timothy Hirzel lives in Ithaca. N.Y., where he writes software and tinkers with small boats, electronics, and coffee.

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March 10th, 2009 0

Through a set of relays, the Arduino performs the duties once assigned to the switches, making the machine entirely software-controlled.

Retrospect — Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata

By George Dyson

George Dyson

George Dyson, a kayak designer and historian of technology, is the author of Baidarka, Project Orion and Darwin Among the Machines.

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March 10th, 2009 0

In an era of increasingly self- reproducing goods, we can suffer a declining economy while still producing more stuff than people can consume.

New Video Options

By Charles Platt

Charles Platt

Charles Platt is a contributing editor to Make magazine, which has published more than 50 of his articles. Six of his books are available from Make: Books

Make: Electronics, an introductory guide, now available in its second edition.

Make: More Electronics, a sequel that greatly extends the scope of the first book.

Encyclopedia of Electronic Components, volumes 1, 2, and 3 (the third written in collaboration with Fredrik Jansson).

Make: Tools, which uses the same teaching techniques as Make: Electronics to explore and explain the use of workshop tools.

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March 10th, 2009 0

An increasing range of possibilities for hassle-free video.

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