Volume 09

Maker

14: Maker’s Corner

Advice and news for MAKE readers. By Dan Woods

16: Made on Earth

Snapshots from the world of backyard technology.

27: 1+ 2+3: Aircraft Band Receiver Modify an AM/FM radio to pick up air traffic control communications. By Cy Tymony

28: What Rough Beast Slouches Toward Arcata? MAKE goes to the World Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race. By William Gurstelle

34: P.O.K.E.R. Night

Trick your friends into making a vortex tube. By Mister Jalopy

38: Disappearing Apple

Remove the logo from an iBook. By Tom Owad

42: Proto: Turn On, Tune In, Bliss Out Dr. James Hardt hopes his DIY neurofeedback tech will fire up the global brain. By David Pescovitz

112: Workshop: Kevin Binkert

One maker-for-hire’s well-equipped shop. By David Pescovitz

114: 1+ 2+3: Curie Heat Engine Changing the temperature of nickel wire turns heat into motion. By John Iovine

155: Tips and Tricks Shoe racks, dish stacks, and photo hacks.

160: Howtoons: The Beaufort Scale By Saul Griffith and Nick Dragotta

REWIRE YOUR HEAD Dr. James Hardt claims that one week of alpha training can yield changes in brain waves comparable to 21 to 40 years of Zen meditation training.

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115: Music One-string electric guitar.

120: Home Time-based devices, metal etching, plywood furniture, ByteLight.

134: Circuits PIC programming, TV set salvage.

140: Imaging Action movie effects, tilt-shift photography, online video production tips, outdoor webcam enclosure.

153: Cars Wind-up car.

162: MakeShift: High School Lockdown

By Lee D. Zlotoff

172: Toolbox

The best tools, software, publications, and websites.

180: Blast from the Past: 1963

Old-school hand tool hacks. By Mister Jalopy

182: Reader Input

Where makers tell their tales.

189: Aha! Puzzle This

Clocks, chameleons, and lockers. By Michael H. Pryor

190: Maker’s Calendar Our favorite events from around the world.

192: Homebrew Our 6,000-volt wedding cake. By Heidi Kumao and Michael Flynn