Welcome
Dale Dougherty
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MAKE 38: High-Tech DIY
Make 38 celebrates our love of personal tech with the coolest new mobile gadget projects, from touchscreen tablets to open-source laptops to arduino-powered cell phones. Take your photography to the next level with 3D-printed cameras and the latest camera hacks and tricks. And get inspired with many other exciting how-tos, including lighting up your bike for night rides with EL wire, turning your Raspberry Pi into a powerful FM transmitter, and making your own sriracha sauce to offset the shortage crisis. All this and more in MAKE Volume 38!
Table of Contents
COLUMNS
Reader Input
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Engineering for Real World Problems
Benedetta Piantella
Ten tips on using your maker skills for humanitarian, environmental, and social causes.Page 10
Crowdfunding
Paul Spinrad
An open letter to California Governor Jerry Brown advocating an intrastate exemption to facilitate investment crowdfunding.Page 12
Encouraging Girls to Hack and Make
Luz Rivas
After working as a hardware engineer, attending grad school at Harvard, and working in science and engineering education for 10 years, I decided to go back to my community last year and start a program for girls.Page 13
Made on Earth
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FEATURES
Musical Toys of the ’80s
Bob Knetzger
Rock out like it’s 1985.Page 20
Maker-Friendly Hardware Stores
Bob Parks
Celebrate eclectic inventory and long-standing experience.Page 24
Makers on Ice
Joe Mastroianni
In Antarctica, maker spirit is the key to survival.Page 26
Kickstart a Kids’ Makerspace
James Floyd Kelly
How to choose and finance high-tech tools for young makers.Page 28
SPECIAL SECTION
RasPi Tablet
Michael Castor
A usable, portable, Linux-based all-in-one system.Page 30
The (Google) Glass Menagerie
Gareth Branwyn
Menagerie 34 Modding, hacking, and DIY-ing Google's geeky goggles.Page 34
Open-Source Cellphone
David A. Mellis
Designing and refining an Arduino-powered phone.Page 38
Scratch-Built Laptop
Bunnie Huang
An impractical and somewhat quixotic labor of open-source computer love.Page 40
THE DIGITAL EYE
Jeffrey Braveman
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The Big Picture
Gene Cooper and Graham Bird
Take a 100+ megapixel macro photo with a basic digital camera.Page 44
Top DIY Photo Hacks
Udi Tirosh
Eight easy-bake tips ‘n’ tricks for pro-quality shots on a DIY budget.Page 50
Light Painting
Jason D. Page
Tips, tools, and techniques for beautiful long-exposure photography.Page 52
Brownie Pan LED Light Panel
Tyler Winegarner
Roll your own for a fraction of the cost of pro units.Page 56
The Kinograph
Matthew Epler
Open-source digitizer for your archived film.Page 58
Five 3D-Printed Cameras
Anna Kaziunas France
From pinhole to digital, these cameras are all printable on desktop machines.Page 59
SKILL BUILDERS
Light-Field Photography
Mike Miller
Discover a new way of taking pictures.Page 60
10 Tips for Great Build Videos
Becky Stern
Clean your space, write a script, add a kitty, and more!Page 62
Photographing Small Objects
Charles Platt
Master lighting and background for your pint-sized captures. Page 64
PROJECTS
Glow Bike
Emily Smith and Luke Closs
Use EL wire to make your bike light up.Page 68
Hippie Bike Panniers
Luke Iseman
Build saddlebags from 5-gallon buckets.Page 71
Video Game Plushies
Jenny Cheng
Make stuffed animals of your favorite video game heroes and monsters.Page 72
Wireless Ergo Mouse
Jude Pullen
Adventures in ergonomic foam sculpting and “Sugru skinning.”Page 76
Dremel Devil
Dan Spangler
Print it, spin it up, and watch it fly.Page 78
Toy Inventor’s Notebook
Bob Knetzger
Build a spray booth under your stairs.Page 79
Raspberry Pirate Radio
Nick Normal
Hack your Pi into an FM transmitter.Page 80
Remaking History
William Gurstelle and Rob Nance
Make the mechanism that put early movies on the big screen.Page 82
R/C Remote Drop Mechanism
Rick Schertle
Carry a toy high in the air and drop it from your R/C plane or copter!Page 84
123: Piezo Contact Mic
Justin Emerson
Amplify acoustics through vibrations.Page 85
Wiimote Whiteboard IR Saber
James McLain
Mod a toy light sword to control your PC.Page 86
Vintage Bulb Lamp
Larry Cotton
Switch on the nostalgic glow with this dimmable, modern table lamp.Page 88
Solitary Bee Condos
Ken Vickerson
A swanky pad for bees to go stag.Page 92
Howtoons
Howtoons
Turn your room into a camera obscura.Page 93
Amateur Scientist
Forrest M. Mims III
Experiment with light and dark sensors.Page 94
DIY Sriracha "Rooster" Sauce
Lisa Trifiro
Impress your chili-head friends with this homemade hot sauce! Page 96
123: GoPro Swivel Mount
Jake Spurlock
Build a free-spinning video rig.Page 97
CNC Workbench
Anna Kaziunas France
Create custom tables for your workshop.Page 98
Homebrew: CT Scanner
Peter Jansen, Ph.D.
An open-source scanner for a fraction of the cost of its bigger hospital siblings.Page 112
TOOLBOX
New Maker Tech
On the horizon for 3D printing, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi.Page 102
Tool Reviews
MAKE's recommendations for useful maker tools and materials. Page 104
Books
Text tools for your bench or bedside table.Page 107
