Volume 14

Maker

16: Made on Earth

Snapshots from the world of backyard technology.

28: Proto: Timothy and the Chocolate Factory How a space shuttle technologist and Wired’s founder hacked together a homebrew chocolate lab. By David Pescovitz

34: Secret Mall Apartment

Two artists built an apartment inside a mall parking garage and avoided getting caught ... for a while. By Howard Wen

38: Cars Without Drivers

Teams compete to win the U.S. military’s $2 million grand prize. By William Gurstelle

42: Flying School Automaton Technology-loving artist Diane Landry breathes new life into recycled objects. By Annie Buckley

44: Ready, Set, Make!

Twenty-five teams, 1 box of parts, 4 hours, winner take all — welcome to the 2008 XD Design Build Prize. By Gever Tulley

47: Pushing the Performance Envelope Mary Hallock-Greenewalt was a musician, engineer, inventor, and exceptional maker. By Michael Betancourt

86: Upload: Make Noise!

Turn your desktop computer into a musical instrument. By Charles Platt

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COCOA PUNKS: TCHO’s Timothy Childs (right, with Matt Heckert) and his rebuilt chocolate-making system.

6 Make: Volume 14

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

125 136: Spy

Dollar store parabolic microphone, covert sunglasses camcorder.

141: Music

125: Circuits Cylinder phonograph player, XBee roller derby action, Wii music controller. mini LED bike light, evasive beeping thing. 149: Kitchen

Molecular gastronomy.

134: Science

Simple spectrometer 153: Vehicles

IDs liquids. Electric motorcycle.

88: Upload: Page Yourself When you want to put up your own website, how free can a freebie be? By Brian O’Heir

91: Upload: As Good As Old

Make digital photographs look as if your great-grandfather took them. By Richard Kadrey

168: Howtoons: Spinning Top Illusions By Saul Griffith, Nick Dragotta, and Joost Bonsen

170: MakeShift: Home Invasion By Lee D. Zlotoff

172: Reader Input

Your letters, our answers.

174: Aha! Puzzle This

Dysfunctional family river crossing, cheesecake-seeking ants. By Michael H. Pryor

176: Toolbox

The best tools, software, publications, and websites.

183: Maker’s Calendar Our favorite events from around the world. By William Gurstelle

192: Homebrew My 3D laser scanner. By Tim Anderson