Volume 05
54: Saul Griffith

Pre-Loved: Why used can be so much better than new.

56: Heirloom Technology

Make jackhammer headphones. By Tim Anderson

58: Tips and Tricks

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

72: Backyard Zip Line

Be the hit of the neighborhood with a high-flying, tree-to-tree transporter. By Dave Mabe

110: The Quick and Dirty

Drilling holes in a straight line, how to pop-rivet, and how to bend sheet metal. By Mister Jalopy

113: Sneaky Uses

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

156: AHA!

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

168: Howtoons: Bending Light

By Saul Griffith, Nick Dragotta, and Joost Bonsen

170: MakeShift

Can you break out of a vault before you run out of air? By William Lidwell

172: Toolbox

The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.

129: Gaming
131: Imaging
135: Online
115: Home
137: Science
121: Computers
145: TV
123: Mobile
151: Workshop

182: Blast from the Past Exploring the world of Amateur Craftsman’s Cyclopedia of Things to Make. By H.B. Siegel

188: Tales from MAKE: Blog

183: Retrocomputing Phillip Torrone presents the best of MAKE’s weblog. Emulation puts old computers inside new ones. By Tom Owad

184: Maker’s Corner

189: Digital Video Production Create explosive visuals with water.

Almost everything you need to know about MAKE.

190: George Dyson
185: Maker’s Calendar

Three winters in a treehouse 95 feet above the Earth.

Our favorite events from around the world.

192: Homebrew
186: Reader Input

My multiambic keyer. By Steve Mann

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