Volume 11
Alt.Vehicles
48: Urban Guerrilla Movie House
Your own DI Y drive-in. By Mister Jalopy
58: The Little Cart That Couldn’t
Is a wind-powered vehicle claim just a bunch of hot air?
By Charles Platt
64: Swiveling Balcony Hoist
Take the sting out of walk-up apartments. By Matthew Russell
67: Rolling Solar
From junker to sun-charged car. By Ben Shedd
68: Granny’s Nightmare Chopper Bike
Chop an old ladies’ bicycle into something evil.
By Brad Graham
73: Swing & Wrong-Way Bikes
Trick cycles from Cyclecide. By Paul Spinrad
74: U-G-L-Y Your Bike
To deter thieves, camouflage your bicycle as a piece of crap
while keeping it a first-class ride. By Rick Polito
76: Rock the Bike
Social biking with Fossil Fool and the Juice Pedaler.
By Paul Spinrad
80: iPod Bike Charger
A sidewall dynamo powers both lights and tuneage.
By Mark Hoekstra
82: Stokemonkey Makes It Easier
An electric motor linked to existing bicycle gears turns any
bike into a sell-your-car-already vehicle. By Rick Polito
84: The Year People Learned to Fly
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the flight of
the Gossamer Condor. By Ben Shedd
PEDALING THE
FRIENDLY SKIES
In 1977 Paul MacCready’s
Gossamer Condor took
flight with a 120-pound
cyclist as both the pilot
and the engine, marking
the first human-powered
flight in history.
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ON THE COVER: Photographer Robyn Twomey
set up on MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder’s lawn
to shoot Mister Jalopy’s Urban Guerrilla Movie House.
Tooth-decaying snacks were used to bribe the kids to
stare at a blank screen for extended periods of time.
Columns
10: Welcome
By Gareth Branwyn
15: Make Free
Nearly ten years after the invention of Napster there’s more
file sharing than ever. By Cory Doctorow
24: Hands On
Now that “digital carpentry” has come to exist, how do you
make it authentic? By Bruce Sterling
38: Heirloom Technology
The Chinese make fuel from coal dust, farm waste, scrap
wood, and a bit of the local dirt. By Tim Anderson
44: Making Trouble
Everything I know I learned from two wheels and a frame.
By Saul Griffith
92: Personal Fab
A CNC milling machine for less than a grand. By Tom Owad
182: Retrospect
The 1977 Gulf of Alaska Baidarka Expedition.
By George Dyson
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