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The first magazine devoted to digital projects, hardware hacks, and D.I.Y. inspiration.
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- Welcome by Dale Dougherty - The making of Make: Publisher and Editor Dale Dougherty presents the philosophy of MAKE in a nutshell: We're all Makers now. Page 7
- Yak Shaving by Merlin Mann, Danny O’Brien - Stuck in the middle of a stack of stuff you're supposed to do? Sharpen your wool clippers, and stop getting distracted by the pointless activities which surround any serious problem--unless you want to, that is. Page 10
- Gauss Rifle by Simon Quellen Field - A linear accelerator for studying high-energy physics costs around $5 billion. But you can make one for about 30 bucks with four strong magnets, a wooden ruler, some plastic tape, and nine steel balls. Page 12
- News from the Future by Tim O'Reilly - Reality is catching up with science fiction, thanks in a large part to DIY technologies. Tim O'Reilly identifies the laboratory and garage projects that promise to change the way we live. Page 13
- Made on Earth by Xeni Jardin, Arwen O'Reilly Griffith, Bob Parks, Paul Spinrad - Amazing things that ordinary people are making in their garages and backyards, including the Niles Monorail, steam locomotives, desktop trebuchets and guillotines, serious legos, a thermo-electric keg wrap, Meccano computing machinery, and more. Page 14
- Hacking the Dog by Cory Doctorow - Who says you have to spend thousands of dollars to get a cool robot? The world's toy stores brim with cheap-ass, rough and ready robotic platforms just begging to be modded. Meet a hacker who converts toy robots into toxic waste dump avengers. Page 22
- Welcome to the Fab Lab by D.C. Denison - Neil Gershenfeld shows us that personal fabrication can be fabulous. The teacher of MIT's course "How to Make (Almost) Anything" gives us a tour of the Boston fab lab, one of a growing network of field labs all over the world. Page 23
- Glowstick a Go-Go by Bunnie Huang - Bunnie Huang prototypes two kinetic glowsticks: instead of creating a single arc of light, glowsticking dancers can now create their own two-dimensional fantasias. Page 34
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Heirloom Technology by Tim Anderson - Finding the technology of the future from the forgotten ideas of the past. Page 38
- The Open Source Car: A Design Brief by Saul Griffith - The time is right for a true people's hybrid vehicle. The web is peppered with how-to sites for converting your old car into an electric vehicle, but why not develop SourceForge-style documentation for an open source hybrid? Page 44
- Dorkbot by David Pescovitz - Warehouse of wild, weird, and wonderful projects. A profile on the monthly (or thereabouts) meetings of "people doing strange things with electricity" all over the world. Page 47
- Kite Aerial Photography Puts Your Eye in the Sky by Charles C. Benton - To take pictures from a kite, you need three things: a kite, a camera, and a special rig that attaches the camera to the kiteline and activates the shutter button on the camera. Here's how to do it. Page 50
- $14 Video Camera Stabilizer by Johnny Lee - You don't have $10,000 to spend on a Steadicam? Make this ultra-low-cost video camera stabilizer and see how much better your video shots turn out. Page 84
- The 5-in-1 Network Cable by Mike Ossmann - Nothing's worse for a network administrator than being without a needed cable. So I made a single cable to replace the five I used to carry. The result: no more tangles and no more scrounging for a missing link. Page 96
- Magnetic Stripe Reader by Billy Hoffman - Have you ever wondered what information is stored on the magnetic-striped cards in your wallet? Now you can find out. This project shows you how to make a magstripe reader for less than $40. Page 106
- Make the Tools That Made You by Bruce Sterling in Hands On - Flintknappers are making the tools that people have been making since before they were human. Page 118
- Crack Open an iPAQ by Dale Dougherty - Replacing your PDA's battery requires the proper knowledge, adequate courage, and a set of Torx screwdrivers. Page 119
- Portable Satellite Radio by Dave Mathews - Portable satellite radio makes the Delphi XM Roady ready to wear. Page 122
- Unzap Flash Memory by Mark Frauenfelder - How to salvage deleted pictures from camera memory. Page 125
- Flexible Gooseneck Camera Mount by Marc H. Nathan - Put a camera or camcorder pretty much anywhere with this flexible camera mount built from a cheap desk lamp. Page 126
- Using a High-Speed Wireless Card by Brian Jepson - Would you sacrifice a few meals each month for wireless networking away from home? The low-down on all high-speed wireless has to offer. Page 127
- Extending the Range of the Airport Express by Rob Flickenger - Tips for getting the most out of a weak Wi-Fi signal. Page 130
- Mesh Networks with Airport Express by Tom Bridge - How to break through concrete walls using Wireless Distribution mode. Page 132
- Reading eBooks on a Palm Handheld by Mark Frauenfelder - Discover the pleasures of reading by backlight. Page 134
- Pairing a Bluetooth Headset with a Mac by Dori Smith - Using a wireless headset with Apple's iChat AV isn't as easy as you might think. Page 136
- Fun iPod Tricks by Wei-Meng Lee - Four ways to extend the usefulness of your digital music player. Page 140
- Urban Camouflage by Todd Lappin - With the right accessories, your vehicle can always be on "official business." Page 143
- Using Ecto for Almost Automatic Blogging by Mark Frauenfelder - An easy-to-use application to manage routine and time-consuming weblog chores. Page 147
- Ten Cool Gmail Hacks by Geoffrey Litwack - With Gmail, Google has loosed upon the web another monstrously useful service. Page 149
- Two Handy Excel Hacks by David Hawley, Raina Hawley, Matthew MacDonald - Calculating on the quick, plus fast formatting of imported dates. Page 152
- Speed Up Your Text Entry with TypeIt4Me by Mark Hurst - If you're not an avid, constant user of TypeIt4Me, you're not really getting things done. Page 153
- Tiny PC Tote by Marc H. Nathan - Make rubber tie-down handles for a Small Form Factor PC. Page 155
- Taking the "Video" Out of Video Game by Howard Wen - Most people program video games. Niklas Roy built one, literally. The 30-year-old from Berlin, Germany constructed a fully mechanized facsimile of one of the grand-daddies of video games, Pong. Page 158
- Soldering and Desoldering by Joe Grand - Step-by-step instructions for making (and unmaking) the perfect solder joint. Page 162
- MakeShift by William Lidwell - Imagine this: Your car battery is dead, and you’re stuck in the woods. Your mission: Get home before you freeze to death. For the winning entries, see MakeShift 01: Analysis, Commentary, and Winners. Page 170
- Motormouth (Howtoons) by Joost Bonsen, Nick Dragotta, Saul Griffith - Make a simple motor in minutes. Page 172
- Toolbox by Simon DeDeo, Daniel M. East, Mark Frauenfelder, Joseph Fung, Alex Handy, Kaden Harris, Mister Jalopy, Geoffrey Litwack, Peter Orosz, Michael Rattner, Justin Ried, Bob Scott, Simon St. Laurent, Steve Wood - The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites. Page 174
- Reader Input - Our regular feature with reader comments sent to the editors of MAKE. Page 185
- Maker Challenge - Got a problem? Ask MAKE’s readers to solve it for you. Do you find yourself wishing for some kind of machine or system to solve a problem or fulfill a wish? If you have a problem, tell us about it. We'll run our favorite problems and solutions in the next issue and on our website. Page 190
- eBay Metrics - What eBay’s sales reports tell us about trends in tinkering. Page 191
- My First Computer by Gareth Palidwor - Remembering how my dad built an Apple II from scratch. Page 192
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