Articles
Cloning the DARwIn-OP
3D-print a $12,000 humanoid robot — for half that price.
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Homebrew — Audio Console Fusion
Past and future come together in this state-of-the-art audio console.
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Ironwood
One of the world’s great engineering materials grows on trees.
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Made On Earth — Circuit Court of Appeals
While working as a computer sales consultant nearly 20 years ago, Canadian artist Peter McFarlane was profoundly struck by the rapid evolution of electronics and the subsequent volume of electronic...
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Made On Earth — Perhaps the Ending Has Not Yet Been Written
Relive your adventure gaming past with this Myst replica book.
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Made On Earth — Playing with Firewall
Michael Allison and Aaron Sherwood are both musicians and performance artists who partnered up to create Firewall, an interactive performance object that’s made of a piece of spandex stretched across...
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Made On Earth — Silica Speakers
With his impressive Ohm Sound installation, glass artist Shawn Ayerst has both audio and visual stimulation down pat.
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Made On Earth — Timber Topper
I met Carl Stoner at Maker Faire New York, where he was a volunteer. Actually, I met his wooden hat first, as I was enamored with the idea of a...
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Make Believe — Modern String Duet
Make: Believe talks puppetry and 3D printing with Images in Motion.
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Making It Legal — A Meeting of the Minds
As a maker, you have some great ideas. You probably have some solid skills, too. You might be a welder, an electronics whiz, or a woodworker. Odds are, though, you’re...
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Making Trouble — Soft Robots
Otherlab is building robots you can ride, arm wrestle, or hug.
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Prototyping Systems for Robotics
A bot-builder’s guide to bits and pieces.
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Solar Observatory
How I fashioned a low-tech setup to record the sun’s movement.
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The Accidental Maker
A pursuit of bandit gold leads to a different kind of treasure.
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The Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could get all these makers together in one place to share what they make?
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The Smart Gallery
How the artists of Oakland’s Lost and Foundry are paving their own path against convention.
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Toy Inventor’s Notebook
Gelatin is used in lots of things like food, candy, and pharmaceutical and paintball capsules, but it also has interesting optical properties.
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Wearable Tech — Tracking Our Bodies
Thanks to the recent explosion of devices such as the Nike FuelBand, Jawbone Up, and Fitbit, the ability to ubiquitously track everything from our heart rates and activity levels to...
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Welcome — Join the Robot Uprising
This is MAKE’s third issue featuring robots, after Volume 06 in 2006 and Volume 27 in 2011. So, what’s changed in robots in that span of time from a maker’s...
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Projects
123 — Give Old Work Jeans New Legs
Don’t let a torn seam doom your veteran work jeans to the landfill. With just a few stitches, they can return to the workshop with honor as a handsome, durable...
123 — Rear-View Power Socket
A GPS unit is a great CAR accessory, but the power cord hanging across the dashboard is an eyesore. Many vehicles have 12V power at the rear-view mirror, with a...
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Country Scientist — How to Document What You Make or Discover
No matter what you plan to make, invent, or discover, one of the best steps you can take is to keep a detailed record of your progress.
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Danger — Make a Rope Swing
Trust life and limb to something you made.
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Doortop Stash
Pop quiz: What does the top edge of say, your utility closet door look like? I’m betting that you’ve never seen it, even if you’ve lived in your home for...
Categories: Furniture, Home | 5 Comments
Electronics: Fun and Fundamentals — LED Photo Lights
Easy, efficient, and effective.
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MonoBox Powered Speaker
MonoBox is a small, inexpensive powered speaker that amplifies the output of your headphone music player. It’s little but it’s loud! All the circuit parts are available from RadioShack. The...
Categories: Electronics, Music | 65 Comments
Skill Builder — Finishing and Post-Processing Your 3D Printed Objects
Friction-weld, rivet, sand, paint — arm yourself with simple tools and techniques to take your desktop 3D printer to the next level.
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The Mighty Lip Balm Linear Actuator
Make one from a Blistex tube, mini hobby servo, and an aluminum shaft.
Categories: Electronics, Robotics | 3 Comments
Water-to-Wine Cooler
Our sacrilegious illusion converts water into flowing red wine.
Categories: Food & Beverage, Hacks, Home | 4 Comments
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