64: Kits for the Holidays Our guide to the coolest kits to make and give.
Turn a cup into a speaker and a microphone. By Cy Tymony
If you can’t open it, you don’t own it. By Mister Jalopy
166: How Toons: Baster Flute By Saul Griffith, Nick Dragotta, and Joost Bonsen
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
179: 1-2-3: Wizard Crackers Start the holidays with a bang. By Charles Neveu
180: Tales from MAKE: Blog CVS Hackathon. By Phillip Torrone
Almost everything you need to know about MAKE.
182: Retrocomputing Consolidating your computer peripherals. By Tom Owad
RIP: Rip, Mix, Burn.
Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese have a deep appreciation for things humble and handmade.
IBM’S In-House Maker “I love to put connectors on commercialized technology to leverage all of the engineering and cost reduction that went into a product. It becomes reusable hardware and you just need a little ‘glueware’ to connect things together and make new devices.” —Thomas Zimmerman of the User Sciences & Experiences Research laboratory at IBM’s Almaden Research Center
117: Coffee 131: Music Bottomless portafilter, Mint-tin amp, VJing 101, toaster tea popper, webcam music, Game Boy espresso thermostat, X10 as musical instrument. coffee pot.
145: Workshop 129: Mobile Tandem dog cart. Anonymous megaphone.
149: Robotics Robosapien hacking.
186: Blast From the Past Lindsay Publications’ unique catalog of hard-to-find lore. By Dale Dougherty
188: MakeShift Dean Kamen challenges you to create an irrigation system for a small farm. By William Lidwell
My Lego Electronic Lab Kit Bricks. By Claude Rieth
Kits for the Holidays A sneak peek at the best kits of the season: theremins, crystal radios, beer makers, woodcarving, paper rockets, holograms, ukuleles, sumo robots, cheese making, DNA exploration, hybrid lawn mowers, greenhouses, canoes, hot sauces, and more.
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