Volume 10

Maker

16: Made on Earth

Snapshots from the world of backyard technology.

27: Tips and Tricks

Metal punches, VapoRub, and emery boards.

30: Downhill Makers

Garage ski builders are outdoing the pros. By Jason Verlinde

33: Lucid Dreaming Mask

Timed LEDs prompt your brain to direct your dreams. By Nathan True

34: Fail Early! Fail Often!

A mental toolkit to sharpen your skills. By Tom Jennings

38: Wealth Without Money

A machine that can make almost anything. By Matt Sparkes

42: Proto: Burn to Learn

The Crucible industrial arts school. By David Pescovitz

48: Happy Blastoff

At the Large Dangerous Rocket Ship launchpad. By William Gurstelle

84: Core Memory

Mark Richards photographs vintage electronics from the Computer History Museum. Excerpted from his new book.

119: 1+ 2+3: Vibrobot

Make a jittery critter from a toy motor and a mint tin. By Mark Frauenfelder

120: Workshop: Shawna Peterson

Tour a classic neon shop. By Arwen O’Reilly

THE CRUCIBLE Students express their creativity by shaping, pounding, cutting, and molding steel, ceramics, fabric, enamel, and more.

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READ ME: Always check the URL associated with each project before you get started. There may be important updates or corrections.

123 132: Music Guitar amp enhancer.

134: Outdoors Outfit your bike with a solar-powered GPS.

137: Circuits Make games with the XGameStation Pico, build a laser from a DVD burner, MAKE Controller project roundup, construct a sidewalk speed gun.

123: Workshop SketchUp workbench, tight-squeeze workshop.

130: Imaging Websites to help handle your digital photos.

122: Aha! Puzzle This

Switch flippers and seat switchers. By Michael H. Pryor

154: Howtoons: Das Bottle By Saul Griffith and Nick Dragotta

156: MakeShift: Car Keys Down a Crevice By Lee D. Zlotoff

167: 1+ 2+3: Origami Flying Disc Fun with Bernoulli’s principle. By Cy Tymony

168: Toolbox

The best tools, software, publications, and websites.

176: Reader Input: Kids’ Edition

Where makers tell their tales.

186: Maker’s Calendar

Our favorite events from around the world.

189: Make Money: Penny Buttons By Tom Parker

190: Tales from the Blog Nerds in space. By Bre Pettis

192: Homebrew

My 5-foot R/C submarine. By Michael Wernecke