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Baby Hacking
If you suffer from inventor-itis, as I do, the first thing you notice about the baby world is that everything is broken.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 16

Toolbox
Motion-memory toys, best holiday kits for kids and grownups, cool new tools, books, sites, and the ultimate Dremel.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 156

Rolling Paper Plate
Harness the power of the wind.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 20: For Kids of All Ages page 164

Robots Within Reach
Extend your grasp.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 19: Robots page 149

Spending Carbon Wisely
5,000 days? CO2 targets and how much fossil fuel we can burn.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 18: ReMake America page 26

Energy Independence
Experimental biogas.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 18: ReMake America page 150

The Year of Peak Waste
Recessions reduce our carbon footprint.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 17: Lost Knowledge page 26

Compressed Air Power

In Howtoons from MAKE: 17: Lost Knowledge page 176

It's Easy Being Green
Make a bird feeder with an old plastic bottle.
In Crafty Howtoons from CRAFT: 09: Crafting Green page 146

Making Things Work
The LHC project makes me feel good about being human.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 16: Spy Tech page 26

One-Man March'n Band
Make your own marching band.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 15: Music page 184

Sled on a Thread
Howtoons and Play meet with a swooping kite!
In Crafty Howtoons from CRAFT: 08: Weaving page 140

The Power of Things
Reusing and energy consumption have been consuming Saul Griffith's thoughts.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 14: Optics page 24

Spinning Top Illusions

In Howtoons from MAKE: 14: Optics page 168

Express Yourself!
Making your own style!
In Crafty Howtoons from CRAFT: 06: Play page 146

The Fairyland of Science
Magic is in the mind of a fifth-grader near you.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 13: Magic page 38

The Magical Mobius Strip
Celine and Tucker perform with a magical mobius strip.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 13: Magic page 178

Intern, Get Me a Campari!
Why summer internships are more important than ever before.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 12: Upload page 78

Howtoons
How to make a trash bag trenchcoat.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 12: Upload page 154

Pen Pal
Celine shares ink- and paper-making secrets with Tucker that you, too, can do at home.
In Crafty Howtoons from CRAFT: 05: Paper page 146

Long Live the Bicycle
Everything I know I learned from two wheels and a frame.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 44

Wheel of Life
Make a Wheel of Life.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 160

Toolbox
The best tools, software, publications, and websites. Plus: Favorite Things as chosen by the bike-crazed editors of Momentum magazine.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 174

Spring-Loaded Chopsticks
Make these quick and easy spring-loaded chopsticks.
From CRAFT: 04: Costumes page 170

Makers vs. Shakers
Make it beautiful, make it last, or don't make it at all.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics page 54

Das Bottle
Make a submarine from an empty plastic bottle.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics page 154

Field of Pinwheels

In Crafty Howtoons from CRAFT: 03: Japanese Influence page 144

Who Wants to Be an Inventor?
Patents and secrecy don't really serve the individual.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 09: Fringe page 46

The Beaufort Scale
Learn to tell the force of the wind — by eyeball.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 09: Fringe page 160

Unhindered Creativity
Enable kids to invent their own games.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games page 42

Rola Bola
Make this balance trainer and go surfing in your imagination.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games page 156

Toolbox
Create your own computer games, discover magnetic attractions, and become a paper airplane champion. Plus: Recommendations from kids, and from and the designers at Wild Planet.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games page 168

How To How-to
Use a head-mounted video camera to produce instructions for making things.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 07: Backyard Biology page 46

The Bugeye Lens
Water droplet lens with special bottle-cap twist focus.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 07: Backyard Biology page 154

Toolbox
Create ant farm documentaries, play record albums with a plastic cup, and dosome pocket-sized instant messaging.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 07: Backyard Biology page 166

Simply Cad
Computer-aided design doesn't have to be awful. There's a CAD program out there for you.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 06: Robots page 48

HowToons
Toss your own ice cream.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 06: Robots page 170

Pre-Loved
Or, why used can be so much better than new.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 54

Tips and Tricks
From maker to maker.
From MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 58

Bending Light

In Howtoons from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 168

The Playful Scientist
Call me crazy. Just don't call me mad.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 46

Baster Flute

In Howtoons from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 166

The Maker's Ultimate Tools
The tools we use — or wish we could get our hands on.
From MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 44

The Happy Hippo

In Howtoons from MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 170

Recycled Rubber
It's more fun to make a laptop bag from an old wetsuit than it is to buy a new one.
From MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment page 40

HowToons
Make a marshmallow shooter.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment page 172

The Open Source Car: A Design Brief
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?
From MAKE: 01: Make Premiere page 44

Motormouth
Make a simple motor in minutes.
In Howtoons from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere page 172

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Long Live the Bicycle
Everything I know I learned from two wheels and a frame.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 44

Makers vs. Shakers
Make it beautiful, make it last, or don't make it at all.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics page 54

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The Year of Peak Waste
Recessions reduce our carbon footprint.
In Making Trouble from MAKE: 17: Lost Knowledge page 26