Hands On
Essays for MAKE by Bruce Sterling.
Articles in this series:
Landscapes of Possibility from MAKE:
18: ReMake America
Making and using the futurescape. by Bruce Sterling
The Kosmos in a Box from MAKE:
17: Lost Knowledge
The world's "oldest computer." by Bruce Sterling
Generated in Italy from MAKE:
15: Music
Computers are putting decor and ornament back into fabrication. by Bruce Sterling
Ponoko from MAKE:
13: Magic
Personal fabbing via the web: it's a long-tail, pro-am, digital maker thing. by Bruce Sterling
Floating City from MAKE:
12: Upload
Belgrade's Gypsy houseboats are the dwellings of the future. by Bruce Sterling
Router Aesthetics from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles
Now that "digital carpentry" has come to exist, how do you make it authentic? by Bruce Sterling
The Real Renaissance Man from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics
Benvenuto Cellini rejected human limitations to prove his valor. by Bruce Sterling
Mark Twain: Technologist from MAKE:
09: Fringe
How the author of Huckleberry Finn couldn't make it as a venture angel. by Bruce Sterling
Egghead from MAKE:
08: Toys and Games
Inventor Nikola Tesla saw reality in his own way. by Bruce Sterling
The Interventionists from MAKE:
07: Backyard Biology
The "creative class": tech geeks and fine artists are jostling onto the same page. by Bruce Sterling
Hands On: Elegant Innovation from MAKE:
06: Robots
From lamps and chainsaws to saving the planet. by Bruce Sterling
Hands On: Making a Mobile from MAKE:
05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors
Staying poised at the fertile edge of chaos, while the clock ticks. by Bruce Sterling
Everything, for Everybody, Every Time from MAKE:
04: Music and Kits for the Holidays
Multitools are for people who can't define their jobs, and who never stop tinkering. by Bruce Sterling
Get a Life from MAKE:
03: Cars and Halloween
Makers of virtual goods earn real cash in Second Life. by Bruce Sterling
The Code Da Vinci Lived By from MAKE:
02: Home Entertainment
Renaissance hacks by the father of all geeks. by Bruce Sterling
Make the Tools That Made You from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere
Flintknappers are making the tools that people have been making since before they were human. by Bruce Sterling
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