Made on Earth

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Shock and Awesome from MAKE: 15: Music
Czech artist Kristof Kintera likes to make the patrons of his art a little nervous. by Eric Smillie

Form and Functions from MAKE: 15: Music
David Jones makes his own scientific calculator watch. by Bruce Stewart

Interstellar Visions from MAKE: 15: Music
South of Tucson, Ariz., a science enthusiast has been collecting moonlight. by Goli Mohammadi

Stylish Change from MAKE: 15: Music
Stacey Lee Webber makes tools from solder and pennies. by Eric Smillie

Planeboat Memories from MAKE: 15: Music
An old aircraft found new life as a yacht. by Megan Mansell Williams

Strike Anywhere from MAKE: 15: Music
Billy Gordon has made a gigantic, strike-anywhere match. by Keith Hammond

Political Hot Seat from MAKE: 15: Music
Sean Regan has taken street spam and made it into comfortable furniture. by Ed Troxell

Earth, Wind, Inspire from MAKE: 14: Optics
by Linda Permann

Musical Engineerity from MAKE: 14: Optics
Want robots to be musical, creative, and expressive? Better brush up on your engineering. by Peter Kirn

Pedal Pure from MAKE: 14: Optics
The five designers of Aquaduct were thinking of creating access to clean water for everyone. by Megan Mansell Williams

Status: Stinky from MAKE: 14: Optics
Want someone to know how many times you applied deodorant today? Neither do the creators of Zero Privacy. by Bruce Stewart

Auto Erotic from MAKE: 14: Optics
After five ratchet-welding years, Liz Cohen has created a lawnmower that becomes an El Camino. by Eric Smillie

Yabba Dabba DIY from MAKE: 14: Optics
Bill LeMaster built the Flintstone car for his grandkids' Halloween costume. by Ed Troxell

Dirty Car Art from MAKE: 14: Optics
Scott Wade wanted to do better than write "Wash Me" in the dust of dirty cars... so he drew caricatures. by Dale Dougherty

Erik and the Submarine from MAKE: 13: Magic
Erik Westerberg's homemade submarine can dive to a depth of 100 meters. by Johanna Hallin

Hello Moto from MAKE: 13: Magic
If the headlamp on a classic Vespa can illuminate a twisting Italian roadway at night, why couldn't it light up a desk? by Dan Fost

Right on Track from MAKE: 13: Magic
Jonathan Jamieson turned common barbecue skewers into a delicate sculpture of chutes and turns for a rolling metal ball. by Megan Mansell Williams

Topsy-Turvy Expression from MAKE: 13: Magic
The Topsy-Turvy School Bus is touring the United States with a different point of view about the presidential election. by Karen K. Hansen

Wind-Up Whimsy from MAKE: 13: Magic
Gina Kamentsky's Mechanical Confections are one-of-a-kind kinetic sculptures. by Bruce Stewart

PlayStation Wizard from MAKE: 13: Magic
Teenager Max Maruszewski built a PlayStation console case out of Legos. by Shawn Connally

Bottled-Up Visionary from MAKE: 13: Magic
A bottle chapel built by restaurant owner and folk artist Martin Sanchez. by Marlow Harris

The Instruments of Intervention from MAKE: 12: Upload
Tim Kaiser makes new and original musical instruments from scrap parts and a high school electronics class. by Megan Mansell Williams

Sustainable Junkyard Wars from MAKE: 12: Upload
Students try to help build a more sustainable world. by Dave Ng

Eco-Gym from MAKE: 12: Upload
Manuel de Arriba Ares has created an elaborate and unique gym out of salvaged parts. by Martin Howse

Real-Life Concept Cars from MAKE: 12: Upload
Baron Margo makes his own rocket-inspired concept cars. by Jason Torchinsky

On the Wings of a Straw from MAKE: 12: Upload
Carl Rankin makes model planes out of common household objects. by Annie Buckley

Hard Wood from MAKE: 12: Upload
Lee Stoetzel recreates iconic products like Harley-Davidsons, Macs, and Big Macs entirely out of wood. by David Pescovitz

The Nature of Microcontrollers from MAKE: 12: Upload
Claude Zervas's microcontroller art replicates the Northwest's landscapes. by Katie Kurtz

Global Bus from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
Sphere artist Lars Fisk rolls his own Volkswagen bus. by Megan Mansell Williams

Super Stick from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
Jason Torchinsky builds a 5-foot-tall retro Atari joystick that works. by Annie Buckley

Fire-Cooled Brew from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
New Zealander Simon Jansen (of Star Wars ASCIImation fame) fires up an absurd, jet engine-powered beer cooler. by Keith Hammond

The Old-Fashioned Future from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
Stephane Halleux's sculptures mix advanced technology with antiquated mechanisms. by Megan Mansell Williams

Games That Games Play from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
New York artist Paul Johnson networks custom video games that play each other. by David Pescovitz

Grand Master Video from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
Gardner Post's Baby Grand Master is the "king of video instruments." by Steve Nalepa

Hungry Bots Must Eat from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
Ohio professor Ken Rinaldo's robots sense hunger, find and feed on electrical power, then tell the others where to find it. by Megan Mansell Williams

Hardcore Laser Tag from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
It's not the Family Fun Center. Meet Mike Yates and his Scorpion. by Steve Lodefink

Sound Effects from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
Sound sculpturist Jeroen Diepenmaat has a bird that plays records. by Megan Mansell Williams

Star Trails from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
Josch Hambsch shows off star trails with digital photography. by Shawn Connally

Mortar Shells to Coffee Grounds from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
Azmeraw Zeleke makes coffee machines from spent weapons. by Amber Henshaw

Hot Copy from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
Steve Barker makes some crazy backyard BBQ grills. by Megan Mansell Williams

Eight-Step Program from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
An 8x8-button USB controller that's also a display, from the designers and musicians at Monome. by David Battino

Rolling Mountain Thunder from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
Frank Van Zant's monument in the desert. by Dave Sims

Raygun Reverie from MAKE: 09: Fringe
Paul Loughridge turns flea-market junk into retro rayguns. by Keith Hammond

Purrfect Relaxation from MAKE: 09: Fringe
Duncan Laurie relaxes with the Purr Generator. by Steve Nalepa

Throwing to the Dogs from MAKE: 09: Fringe
Ken Schroeder's dog-bone throwing machine. by Charles Platt

The Sound of Music Blocks from MAKE: 09: Fringe
Rainbow-colored blocks of sound. by Nicole Oncina

Illegal Soapbox Derby Races from MAKE: 09: Fringe
Careening illegally down a hill in San Francisco. by Todd Lappin

History Junkies from MAKE: 09: Fringe
Chinese sailing junks on the San Francisco Bay. by Audra Wolfmann

Hacker of Yesteryear from MAKE: 09: Fringe
Hacking the new and the old together. by Gareth Branwyn

Mr. Cranky from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
Ernie Fosselius' menagerie of mechanical woodcarvings. by David Battino

Belly of the Beast from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
Theo Jansen's huge, self-propelled sand walkers. by Arwen O'Reilly Griffith

Camera-on-Wheels from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
Jo Babcock turns RVs into giant pinhole cameras. by Megan Mansell Williams

Open Source Open Water from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
Bryan Horling rescues houseplants with his Linux-based plant waterer. by Bob Parks

The Secret Life of Death Clouds from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
Artist Matt Jones welds garbage bags into spooky hot-air balloons. by Eric Smillie

Blue Spark from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
Charge your tech gadgets on Sean Barrow's elegant, sustainable furniture. by Kirsten Anderson

Kinetic Fauxbot Sculptures from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
The robotronic fantasia of sculptor Gould Nemo. by Bruce Stewart

Made On Earth from MAKE: 07: Backyard Biology
Report from the world of backyard technology. by David Albertson, Xeni Jardin, Arwen O'Reilly Griffith, Bruce Stewart, Megan Mansell Williams

Made On Earth from MAKE: 06: Robots
Report from the world of backyard technology. by Shawn Connally, Dan Gonsiorowski, Keith Hammond, Peter Kirn, William Lidwell, David Pescovitz, Bob Scott

Made On Earth from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors
Reports from the world of backyard technology. by David Battino, Shawn Connally, William Gurstelle, Keith Hammond, Josie Moores, Arwen O'Reilly Griffith

Made On Earth from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays
Amazing things your neighbors build in their basements. by Peter Kirn, Steve Lodefink, Bob Miller, Arwen O'Reilly Griffith, Chris O'Shea, Bob Parks, Bruce Stewart

Made on Earth from MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween
Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a shopping cart go-kart, the "Solar Death Ray," a demolished house sculpture, a gas tank bass instrument, and some seriously big speakers. by Shawn Connally, Bob Parks, Paul Spinrad, Phillip Torrone

Made on Earth from MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment
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. by Xeni Jardin, Jason Kottke, Bob Parks, Paul Spinrad

Made on Earth from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere
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. by Xeni Jardin, Arwen O'Reilly Griffith, Bob Parks, Paul Spinrad

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