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7: Welcome
Editor Dale Dougherty says manufacturers should get wise and create maker-friendly devices.
10: Cory Doctorow
Why copy restriction enables nothing but user aggravation.
12: Life Hacks: Sleep
Reboot your circadian rhythm to get more done. By Merlin Mann and Danny O’Brien
15: Tim O’Reilly
News from the Future: A report on the labs and garage projects changing the way we live.
16: Made on Earth
Amazing things your neighbors have made in the backyard: motorized shopping carts, solar death ray, and more.
24: Bruce Sterling
Makers of virtual goods earn real cash in Second Life.
25: Maker: Ed Storms Ed Storms is leading the effort to take cold fusion off the back burner by moving it into the garage. By Charles Platt
Do-It-Yourself Cold Fusion: A former Los Alamos scientist is getting results in his home lab that no one else expected.
ON THE COVER Saul Griffith restored a 1960s-era Dune Buggy, outfitting it with a jack for an iPod. When he parks his buggy, he simply unplugs the iPod, leaving nothing to steal. Photograph by Thayer Gowdy.
36: Heirloom Technology Swamp Tech: Living free in the Florida Everglades.
By Tim Anderson
40: Let There Be Speech Can you make a $200 computer for blind kids? By Fernando Botelho
42: 1+2+3: Blimp
Make a jet-propelled blimp for a buck. By John Perez
43: Bots Brewed Here
Inside the HomeBrew Robotics Club. By Quinn Norton
44: Ultimate Tools
The first things we’ll buy when we win the lottery. By Saul Griffith
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