MAKE Magazine
MAKE is a quarterly publication from O'Reilly for those who just can't stop tinkering, disassembling, re-creating, and inventing cool new uses for the technology in our lives. It's the first do-it-yourself magazine dedicated to the incorrigible and chronically incurable technology enthusiast in all of us. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend technology any way you want.
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MAKE, Volume 20: For Kids of All Ages
MAKE, Volume 20 is on newsstands today! Check out this preview video to get a tour of our best edition yet (we know, we say that every time)! Want to know how to build a hydrogen rocket? How about a laser light show in a lunchbox? Or a simple remote-controlled videocam car? Or maybe you want to go o …
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Nintendo cartridge throne
A throne fit for a retro gamer! Nintendo cartridges comprise this seven foot chair. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Retro | Digg this!
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Color thermal inkless printing technology
My father recently drew my attention to an article in IEEE Spectrum about the so-called "Zink" printing technology commercialized by a group of former Polaroid employees. Zink, an acronym for "zero ink," uses special paper with three layers of embedded dye crystals activated by heaters in the print …
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Random MIDI generator
Miketron converted his random MIDI note generation software(MAC/PC) into hardware form via an ATMega168 chip -A couple of months I took my MAX/MSP code for Random7 and rewrote so I could embed it into a hardware version. Random7 Hardware Version 1 (R7H) is a very basic version of the Random7 softwa …
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In the Maker Shed: 3pi Robotics bundle
The 3pi robotics bundle from the Maker Shed includes all the major components needed for programming this fun little bot. The Pololu 3pi robot is a complete, high-performance mobile platform featuring two micro metal gearmotors, five reflectance sensors, an LCD screen, buzzer, and 3 user push button …
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Fairytale Fashion - Conductive Materials: Playing with Drawdio
Fairytale Fashion created by Diana Eng has a great new video with the Drawdio! We are going to embroider a dress with conductive thread so that it is touch sensitive. What do you imagine happening when the dress is touched and a closed circuit is made? Read more | Permalink | Comments | …
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StairSteady invented by a 16 year old..
StairSteady invented by a 16 year old maker... When not in use, the handle goes from the square section to a round at either the top or bottom of the stairs and so the handle folds away parallel with the wall and is unobtrusive. This allows the stairs to be used by both those with unlimited and l …
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PDFs of MAKE magazine projects and primers
Did you know that we offer PDFs of some of the popular projects and primers that have appeared in MAKE magazine? You can always subscribe to the Digital Edition of MAKE or buy a single back issue with the project you're interested in, or you can just download the specific PDF you're looking for. Eac …
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DIYLILCNC, a open hardware CNC mill
Artists Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson appear to be getting some impressive results from their DIYLILCNC. They certainly aren't the first to develop an open source CNC mill, however their build looks particularly nice. They claim that the whole thing can be assembled for around $700, including t …
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Oh no, my painting has crashed!
MAKE subscriber James Theophane writes in to share his project, called My Painting Has Crashed. I like the idea- can I order one to put on my coffin, for when I pass away? I made this at work the other day. They asked me to contribute a piece of art for our reception. I decided to hack an old repl …
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The Bloop of Cthulhu?
This may be one of those situations where my love of a good story gets me in trouble with the more hard-minded scientific types among you, so please understand first that this is all intended in fun. Nonetheless, there are some intriguing facts here. During the summer of 1997, the U.S. National …
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Make: Philly meeting November 22nd
Live in Philly and looking for a chance to meet up with fellow makers? Well, here's a splendid opportunity. Make: Philly is holding a meeting this weekend! Make: Philly November meeting - Sunday, November 22nd, 3PM GUEST SPEAKER Dana Schloss is a curious and enthusiastic museum nerd. She has be …
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Nintendo cartridges throne
A throne fit for a retro gamer! This one is comprised entirely of Nintendo cartridges. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Retro | Digg this!
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DIY sonar visualizer with Processing + Arduino
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool: Lucky Larry made this neat looking radar visualizer for an ultrasonic scanner, using Arduino and a Processing sketch. I dig the green sweep line! He has an excellent write-up of the project on his blog, including schematic, wiring, and source code. Read mo …
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Millenium Falcon holochess table
I just discovered the Replica Prop Forum, and it has me on a bit of a Star Wars kick. This replica holochess table from Star Wars Episode IV was built by Philip Wise of Dallas, Texas: Here's a video showing the basic demo mode, which is the audio and light pattern from the 50 seconds the game has …
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Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Toys for grown-ups
I'm old (never you mind the hard number). But I'm still a kid at heart and I love toys. And I'm not talking about motorcycles and cars and speed boats, aka "grown-up toys," I'm talking model rockets, radio-controlled anything, little toy soldiers, and board games. TOYS! The cool thing about being an …
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Nothing but heavy duty
Artist David Ersser created this balsa wood installation called "Nothing but heavy duty," a workshop of hand-replicated tools. From Seventeen Gallery's site: David Ersser creates seemingly cold, meticulous reproductions of Hi-Fi equipment, turntables and keyboards. The thin wooden cable running d …
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Make: Holiday Gift Guides 2009
Well folks, it's that time of year again. I know, I know! The holidays fill you with a heady mixture of excitement and dread, pleasure and performance anxiety. So many things to do, obligatory events to attend, a Santa-long list of presents to buy, embarrassing moments to witness at the company Chri …
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Lamellophone built from surgical steel
The Steel Rod Box creates some surprisingly pleasant sound from surplus surgical hardware -For reasons unclear, my father has a few boxes of unused spinal surgery equipment and tools in the garage. including a whole heap load of stainless steel rods that are threaded the entire length. Something had …
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Han Solo carbonite desk
From Tom Spina Designs. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Furniture | Digg this!
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