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Make: Volume 78 — Robo Boats

Make: Volume 78 — Robo Boats

In Make: Volume 78, we follow a group of friends who set out to send an autonomous boat across the Atlantic a decade ago. Their boat never made it, but that failure set them on a course to launch their own startup for self-navigating vessels. And they give you tips on building your own!

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Make: Volume 77 — Machine Learning

Make: Volume 77 — Machine Learning

In Make: Volume 77, we take a look at new tools you can use to train AI modules right now like Tensor Flow, Edge Impulse, and Lobe, and show how to use frameworks like Tensor Flow Lite to squeeze trained AI onto a Raspberry Pi or Arduino.

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Make: Volume 76 — Behind New Eyes

Make: Volume 76 — Behind New Eyes

Make: Volume 76’s cover story is an enlightening profile feature about Jorvon Moss, aka “Odd Jayy,” and the genesis of his delightful robotic companions and his new set of moving, responsive sci-fi goggles.

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Make: 72 – Lock it Down!

Make: 72 – Lock it Down!

As devices get smarter, they — and the companies that created them — gather more and more data about you, the user: what you like, where you go, even listening to and recording conversations around the house. It’s easy to gloss over how much data is getting stored in “the cloud” everyday without you knowing, […]

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Make: 71 – Fix Our Planet

Make: 71 – Fix Our Planet

Climate change is an urgent threat but if we makers act now, we can still make a difference at both micro and macro levels. Our cover story, the kickoff to a series that will run through 2020, gives a big-picture look at what steps we can take to arrest climate change. Hint: It starts by […]

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Make: 70 — We Can’t Quit You!

Make: 70 — We Can’t Quit You!

Make: magazine is back in action and back to our original size! This issue’s cover project is a maker’s take on a Boston Dynamics-style quadrupedal walking robot that you can build yourself. Then, build an adorable unicorn shaped dispenser that spits soap on command. And to celebrate Make:’s return, why not build a custom dancing […]

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Make: 69 — Space Geek

Make: 69 — Space Geek

There’s never been a better time to be an amateur space explorer! From high school programs designed to send real student-led experiments to the International Space Station, to building a working VTVL (vertical take off, vertical landing) model rocket like the one from SpaceX, this issue is packed full of projects with actual space applications. […]

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