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The magic of making things. By Ulla-Maaria Mutanen
10: Welcome Managing Editor Shawn Connally on laziness as the ultimate motivator.
12: Life Hacks: The Paper Chase Our real challenge today is not to use less paper but to keep less paper. 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 build in their basements.
26: Bruce Sterling Multitools are for people who never stop tinkering.
28: Maker: Dean Kamen Wasting time is an unspeakable crime, says Segway inventor Dean Kamen. By William Lidwell
38: Heirloom Technology Chinese Ingenuity: Bamboo scaffolding and sneaker-foam rafts. By Tim Anderson 42: How to Make a Film, Without Money, While Being Bombed Shooting a documentary in Belgrade is risky business. By Jasmina Tesanovic
A tribute to Bob Moog, the man who gave us so many good vibrations. By Jimmy Guterman
Call me crazy. Just don’t call me mad. By Saul Griffith
If you ever wanted to try making a video game, here’s your chance. By Alex Handy
Inside a garage-sale treasure trove. By Mark Frauenfelder
54: World’s Biggest MP3 Player Filling a retro hi-fi with an MP3 ripping and playback system. By Mister Jalopy
Julie Meitz uses old film projectors to create collages of light and color. By Ross Orr
60: Proto: Where Bits Meet Flesh IBM’s Thomas Zimmerman and the “thrill of the make.” By David Pescovitz
Keeping It Reel Old skool VJ Julie Meitz’s sound and moving-image performances utilize multiple 16mm film projectors.
Meet Mister Jalopy Inside the garage of an unrepentant garage sale fiend.
ON THE COVER Cigar box guitars have a rich history in American music. Jimi Hendrix, Roy Clark, and Carl Perkins learned their chops on this easy-to-build instrument. Our version, on page 76, incorporates an inexpensive piezoelectric buzzer as an electric pickup. Photograph by Topher Lucas
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