MAKE Magazine


MAKE is a quarterly publication from O'Reilly for those who just can't stop tinkering, disassembling, re-creating, and inventing cool new uses for the technology in our lives. It's the first do-it-yourself magazine dedicated to the incorrigible and chronically incurable technology enthusiast in all of us. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend technology any way you want.

Latest articles

  1. iPhone controlling surveillance camera details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 7 hours ago by Marc de Vinck

    This would be a great tool for security people that are on the move. Theoretically they would be able to control camera via their iPhone from any location. Imagine being...

  2. Solar powered poultry lighting details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 8 hours ago by Phillip Torrone

    This one is for Dale since the last phone conference call we had he was feeding his chickens... Solar powered poultry lighting - put together a solar system to power...

  3. Crazy glass armonica details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 9 hours ago by Phillip Torrone

    This "glass armonica" a banned musical instrument apparently “causes insanity” - I'm not sure about that but it's gorgeous looking and sounding... (more about it at...

  4. Puzzlemation @ Maker Faire details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 10 hours ago by Phillip Torrone

    Hack a day's write up of Puzzlemation @ Maker Faire... Every time we look at computer screen, millions of pixels of light disappear into our work, our...

  5. Vote for my boot! details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 19 hours ago by Phillip Torrone

    Keeping with the CRAFT shoe theme -- Dr Martin's has a "design your own boot" contest, so I made a boot I always wanted, one with a circuit board on it, specifically one...

  6. Botanical communications kit details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 19 hours ago by Collin Cunningham

    You've read about it - now you too can follow your own pet vegetation on twitter! - The Botanicalls Twitter kit includes all the hardware you need to create a...

  7. Build Your Own Roller Skates - CRAFT Video Podcast details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 21 hours ago by Natalie Zee Drieu

    This week's CRAFT Video Podcast comes courtesy of the fine folks at Skates.com where Luanne Teoh and Richard Humphrey show us how to build a pair of roller skates as...

  8. Tetris theme on bottles details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 22 hours ago by Becky Stern

    This trio performs the Tetris theme on bottles of various sizes and water levels. They give you some clues to how they made it, one being the clicking metronome in the...

  9. Keyboard pants details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 23 hours ago by Collin Cunningham

    No, it's not just one of those roll-up keyboards that melted while in use - it's keyboard pants. Sure to be standard issue hacker gear right about never. The hip...

  10. Steampunk Maker Faire wrap-up details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 23 hours ago by Gareth Branwyn

    The steam mechanics, oilpunks, contraptors, neo-Victorians cosplayers, retro-futurists, post-apocalyptic Playa pirates, New Dandies, and electric cowboys were all out...

  11. Waste Paper Furniture details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 23 hours ago by Becky Stern

    Designer Jens Praet makes furniture from shredded paper. He compressed it with resin into a mold, and out comes a new piece of furniture. I'm not sure how eco-friendly...

  12. DIY business @ Maker Faire details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 23 hours ago by Phillip Torrone

    Forbes talked to some Makers about their businesses, good stuff. Do-It-Yourself Success - "Why sell your idea when you can profit from it on your own?" [Read this...

  13. Combat robots, warring battleships @ Maker Faire details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by Phillip Torrone

    Combat robots, warring battleships @ Maker Faire with Boing Boing TV. Boing Boing tv's embedded robo-combat reporter Xeni Jardin witnesses warfare inside Robogames and...

  14. The Best of Maker Faire 2008 details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by KipKay

    Check out all the fun and excitement at this year's Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. People from all over the world came to experience this amazing event. Take a...

  15. Portable wireless backpack takes pictues and keeps you stylish details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by Jonah Brucker-Cohen

    The PORTA2030 from 2006 is a mobile data sensing storage transmission unit that consists of a wireless hard drive (the WL-HDD2.5), a 1 GB flashcard and an open source...

  16. The Radiophonic Workshop details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by Collin Cunningham

    In 1958 the BBC established the Radiophonic Workshop to explore and produce innovative sounds for radio programming. The group's unconventional approach to sound...

  17. Sequencer made of pipes seems more authentic details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by Jonah Brucker-Cohen

    This Sequential Resonation Machine by Joseph Casbarian routs any amplified sound source through a twelve position switch positioned at the top of the device. Each of...

  18. Maker Faire video details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by Phillip Torrone

    Curious inventor sent in their video from Maker Faire - It includes the destruction of Pleo (cute robot dinosaur) in the battle bot arena, powered recliners wheeling...

  19. //Mukana - mobile system for visually impaired details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by Phillip Torrone

    /MUKANA (the Finnish for aboard, along, in, on, part, with and within) is a piece of cutting-edge smart clothing for the visually impaired. It connects technology with...

  20. David Bowen: Growth Rendering Device details »
    blog.makezine.com Posted 1 day ago by Marc de Vinck

    This is an amazing robot created by David Bowen. Here is how he explains his Growth Rendering Device: This system provides light and food in the form of hydroponic...