wheels

The Reinvention of the Wheel

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Arguably after the club, and possibly fire, the next thing to be invented was the wheel. In any case it’s been around, almost unchanged, for a very long time. Like the mouse trap it’s notoriously hard to reinvent.

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Wheeled Superbot Leaps Tall Fence in Single Bound

Wheeled Superbot Leaps Tall Fence in Single Bound

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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This little guy is awesome. Look at him go! From Sandia National Labs…

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Last call for Karts and Wheels contest

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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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 […]

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Get published in MAKE! Enter the Karts and Wheels contest.

Get published in MAKE! Enter the Karts and Wheels contest.

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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UPDATE: Deadline extended to 11:59 PDT on January 24, 2011. There’s still time to enter the MAKE Karts and Wheels contest for the chance to have your project polished and published in the pages of MAKE Volume 26, the “Karts and Wheels” issue. Go-karts, electric bikes and scooters, biodiesel buggies, powered skateboards, self-balancing whatsits, illegal […]

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Polly the housetruck

Polly the housetruck

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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Pollymecca the housetruck pulled up in front of MAKE headquarters earlier this week, and she was lovely. Inspired by gypsy caravans and British “living wagons,” maker John Labovitz set out to create a house on wheels complete with a workspace for his projects in photography, programming, and research. His website lays out all the technical […]

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How do Mecanum wheels work?

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

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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We get the pleasure of working with some amazing artists/illustrators here at MAKE. One of them is James Provost. James did the illos for the “Lunchbox Laser” and “Marble Adder” projects in Volume 20, and the “CNC For Under $800” piece in Volume 21. He also did the wonderful illustrated version of the Maker’s Bill […]

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Elephant Push Toy

By Laura Cochrane

Laura Cochrane

"To oppose something is to maintain it." –Ursula Le Guin

Currently: NEO.LIFE Alum: Instructables and MAKE

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A couple years ago, I lived with some friends that had a baby boy. From the time he was six months old until he was a year-and-a-half, I became closely acquainted with the world of baby toys. Of course, he always wanted to be in my room drooling on my toys, but he had some […]

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