Content features of volume 06: robots

Two BEAMbots: Trimet and Solarroller
Solder together one simple circuit and use it to control two very different solar-powered robo-critters: a little satellite that scoots and bumps around, and a mini cart that just keeps a-rolling until the sun goes down.

Soccer-Playing Robot
Make an autonomous robot that can chase a ping-pong ball, push it into a goal, and take other programmable actions. When you're finished, you'll have a few more wrinkles in your brain and no more fears of robot attacks.

Building Tensegrity Models
Make a "needle tower" sculpture from dowels and elastic cord that seems to defy the laws of physics.

Tech-Nomading From Shore to Ship
Twenty-three years ago, Steven Roberts went on a bike trip and never returned.

Space Cases
The balloon men at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The MAKE Controller
Announcing a just-maybe-revolutionary microcontroller for all things DIY.

Volume 06 Extras
Exclusive online articles and how-to's bring you even more great content from MAKE!

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MakeShift 04: Analysis, Commentary, and Winners
Few people know that part of the hiring process at Dean Kamen's research and development firm, DEKA, is a sort of real-time MakeShift challenge: applicants are brought into a large conference room where Kamen and a dozen of his top engineers rapid fire seemingly unsolvable problems at the aspiring makers in order to observe and evaluate their problem-solving prowess. It is trial by problem solving, and the faint of brain need not apply. It is in this same spirit that Dean's team offered the MakeShift problem for Make 04: a rural setting in Mexico, summer drought conditions, and a family in need of a water irrigation solution ASAP.

MakeShift 04: Matthew Sparks' Most Plausible Winning Entry

MakeShift 04: Mark Trageser's Most Creative Winning Entry

Mark Trageser's entry won for "Most Creative" in the Makeshift column in volume 04.

MakeShift 04: Vinnie Forgione's "Zeno of Elea" Honorable Mention

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