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Building your own high definition video recorder, how to podcast, making a robot from an old computer mouse, reconditioning an old amplifier, the Atari2600 PC Project, Podcasting, and Star Wars Robot Builders.
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- Welcome by Mark Frauenfelder - When users make: Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder on innovation and the entertainment industry's efforts to squelch it. Page 7
- Focus by Merlin Mann, Danny O’Brien - Boost your productivity by embracing procrastination. Or, why your web browser needs a hypothalamus. Page 10
- News from the Future by Tim O'Reilly - Tim O'Reilly reports on the labs, companies, and garage projects changing the way we live. Page 13
- Made on Earth by Xeni Jardin, Jason Kottke, Bob Parks, Paul Spinrad - Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a cockroach-controlled robot, high altitude glider, student-built cyclotron, Vee 9 solar vehicle, robotic CD burner, coffee mug ramjet, and more. Page 14
- Ooz and Oz by Dale Dougherty - Hacking robot toys is all in a day's work for Natalie Jeremijenko. Dale Dougherty trails the UCSD professor for a day of fun at the races, transforming toy robotic dogs into environmental avengers. Page 22
- Nicaraguan Know-How by Tim Anderson - Revisiting, revamping, and reusing forgotten technology. Tim Anderson describes the homemade solutions he saw on a recent trip to Nicaragua: hand-pedaled bicycles, reused school buses, horse-drawn carriages, sock coffee filters, and ancient cooling systems and water filters abound. Page 30
- Blockheads by Bob Parks - Lego: the ultimate prototyping material. Seriously. Page 36
- Maker Fair by Arwen O'Reilly Griffith - Geeks gather together for an evening of DIY fun in our first-ever mini MAKE Fest at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference in 2005. Page 38
- Google DIY Patterns by Dale Dougherty -
A DIY project is a design challenge that can best be described as a set of patterns, just as Google remade the web with a new kind of language for getting what we want from a web browser. Page 39
- Recycled Rubber by Saul Griffith
- It's more fun to make a laptop bag from an old wetsuit than it is to buy a new one. Page 40
- The Code Da Vinci Lived By by Bruce Sterling -
Renaissance hacks by the father of all geeks. Page 43
- HDTV on Your Mac by Erica Sadun
- Build a simple high-definition video recorder and beat the Broadcast Flag. All you need is a $10 antenna, a $175 decoder card, and some free software. Page 45
- Retro Game Heaven: The Atari 2600 PC by Joe Grand
- After fitting a full-featured wireless PC system into an old Atari 2600 case, you can watch movies, surf the web, and play hundreds of retro games. Page 50
- Tools for Atari 2600 Homebrew Games by Simon Carless
- Even though the Atari 2600 is one of the oldest game consoles around, it has a vibrant homebrew scene. Page 85
- Podcasting 101 by Phillip Torrone
- Produce and syndicate audio interviews you record online, on the phone, and on the road. Page 86
- Mousey the Junkbot by Gareth Branwyn
- With a few spare parts, you can turn an old computer mouse into an amusing robot. Page 96
- Resurrecting This Old Amp by Tom Anderson, Wendell Anderson - Restore an old guitar amplifier and make it sounds as good or better than the day it was made. Page 110
- Let's Rumble by Craig Engler - Hack your couch to give you a kick in the pants: attach bass shakers to your furniture to round out your home entertainment system. Page 119
- irock Broadcast Boombox by Tom Anderson - Pump up the volume with a portable FM radio station. Page 122
- Surround Sound, Quick and Dirty by Michael McDonald - A simple wiring trick derives center channels. Page 125
- Thermofooler by Ross Orr - Who needs a "smart" thermostat when you can trick your dumb one into lowering your heating bill? Page 126
- DVD, Uncrippled by Phillip Torrone - Input a special code to disable Macrovision and play DVDs from around the world. Page 127
- Stop Motion Animation, the Easy Way by Phillip Torrone - With iStopMotion, making Gumby is less pokey. Page 129
- Single-Use Digicam for Kite Aerial Photography by Limor Fried - A simple, lightweight timer circuit triggers a shot every minute. Page 130
- Webcam Telescope by Dennison Bertram - Video from still camera zoom. Forget jerky teleconferences; put a real lens on a 90s era webcam and you've got something. Page 133
- Mod Your Pod by Phillip Torrone - Enhance your iPod with a Linux upgrade. Page 135
- Outfitting a Palm Tungsten T3 by Bob Scott - Getting laptop-like functionality from a PDA. In fact, leave your laptop at home: use a T3, loaded to the gills with powerful applications. Page 138
- All-Seeing Orb by Phillip Torrone - Your mobile device can play video and music stored on your home computer. Page 140
- Peace and Quiet with the Flip of a Switch by Joe Grand - How to add a power switch to an external drive without one! Page 141
- No More Cue Cards by Brian Lawler - Make a teleprompter with a laptop, a sheet of glass, and some scrap wood. Page 144
- Robot Kits and Techno Glitz by Arwen O'Reilly Griffith - Three kits that got me started in the glamorous and fulfilling world of robotics. Page 145
- Mechanical Wristwatch Modding by Bob Scott - Customizing a self-winding Seiko. Page 147
- Hacking the C64 DTV by Mark R. Brown - Retro-gaming joystick easily converts into full Commodore computer emulator. Page 149
- Game Boy Hacks by Phillip Torrone - Games, music, movies, photos, and eBooks, all on this versatile little device. Page 153
- Refreshing an Old Game Controller by Ben Wheeler - If your retro-gaming skills ain't what they used to be, fix your joystick buttons. Page 154
- Get an iLIFE! for Your Playstation Portable by Phillip Torrone - Play music and vids on a PSP (even Mac users). Page 156
- R2-DIY by Howard Wen - The galaxy's most lovable robot inspires its fans to clone him. Page 160
- Printed Circuit Boards by Andrew Argyle - Step-by-step instructions for making your own PCBs at home. Page 164
- HowToons by Joost Bonsen, Nick Dragotta, Saul Griffith - Make a marshmallow shooter. Page 172
- Toolbox by Adam Bernard, Gareth Branwyn, Richard Butner, John Clark, Joshua Ellis, Eeyore Evans, John Irvine, Stefan Jones, Adam Kempa, Merlin Mann, Aleks Oniszczak, Zach Slootsky, Adam Thornton, Marc Weidenbaum - The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites. Page 174
- Reader Input - Where makers offer praise, brickbats, and swell ideas. Page 184
- The Laptop That Wouldn't Say Die by Tom Owad - Twenty-two years later, people still love the TRS-80 Model 100. Page 186
- The Last Generation of Engineers by Cory Doctorow - Why digital rights management kills innovation. Page 187
- MakeShift by William Lidwell - It's easy to forget that access to potable water is considered a luxury for much of the world. Page 188
- Maker Challenge - Solving problems, fulfilling wishes. Page 190
- eBay Metrics by Chris Smith - Good as gold. Page 191
- My Atari 2600 Portable by Benjamin J. Heckendorn - Page 192
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