Pre-Loved: Why used can be so much better than new.
Make jackhammer headphones. By Tim Anderson
Little ideas that can change your life. Edited by Arwen O’Reilly
60: Electric Avenue The street-legal electric car of the future is coming. By Charles Platt
68: Dive, Darn it, Dive! It’s a matter of sink and swim at the 8th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. By Ross Orr
Be the hit of the neighborhood with a high-flying, tree-to-tree transporter. By Dave Mabe
Drilling holes in a straight line, how to pop-rivet, and how to bend sheet metal. By Mister Jalopy
Turn a remote control car into an alarm system. By Cy Tymony
154: The Rocketman’s Garage Meet Minnesota’s celebrated thrill-machine maker. By Gareth Branwyn
Puzzles for makers. By Michael H. Pryor
THE ROCKETMAN Bikes, trikes, and go-carts just don’t go fast enough.
ON THE COVER Most people think of water rockets as being those cheap red and white plastic toys. But a thriving community of water rocket enthusiasts have launched their hand-built creations to heights of nearly 1,000 feet. Our project, which starts on page 78, comes with a parachute for a soft landing. Photograph by Topher Lucas
157: Theory & Practice Get an infrared remote to turn your room lights on and off. By Andrew “Bunnie” Huang
By Saul Griffith, Nick Dragotta, and Joost Bonsen
Can you break out of a vault before you run out of air? By William Lidwell
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
182: Blast from the Past Exploring the world of Amateur Craftsman’s Cyclopedia of Things to Make. By H.B. Siegel
183: Retrocomputing Phillip Torrone presents the best of MAKE’s weblog. Emulation puts old computers inside new ones. By Tom Owad
189: Digital Video Production Create explosive visuals with water.
Almost everything you need to know about MAKE.
Three winters in a treehouse 95 feet above the Earth.
Our favorite events from around the world.
My multiambic keyer. By Steve Mann
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