Make Magazine, Issue 73

• Publisher: Make: Community
• Year: 2020
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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DIY Heroes
Makers Step Up to Combat Covid-19


CONTENTS
COLUMNS

Reader Input 06
Makers: The Countermeasures for Covid-19 28

Welcome: Everything’s Changed 08
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected us all, and made us rethink this issue right before our deadline.

Made on Earth 10
Backyard builds from around the globe.

FEATURES
Self-organizing efforts and a widely distributed infrastructure provided for a unique civic response from makers to fight Covid-19. Here are the groups, people, and designs that are saving lives.

Homeschool How-To 46
A quick primer for families now educating their kids at home.

New Power Nation 16

Community Broadcast Services 50

Native Optimization 22

Homesteading Is the New Normal 54
How we’ll remake America’s infrastructure to electrify everything. Part 3 of the Fix Our Planet series. The Diné Maker Nation Maker Faire highlighted the high-tech future of the Navajo Nation.

ON THE COVER:

Physiotherapist Marine Sacco wears a snorkel mask modified with a 3D printed adapter to fit an air filter, while working in a Covid unit of a Belgian hospital. Credits: Albert De Beir–VUB/Brubotics, Adobe
Stock–korkeng (background), and Mike Senese (cellphone).

Pump Up the Jams 56
Zap coronavirus with the Scrubber, a Spotify-playing, 20-second hand-wash timer.

Low Fidelity Prototyping Cart 60
Create a collection of common materials to help you keep on making while sheltered in place.

FAMILY MAKER CAMP
Cooped Up With the Kids 62
Keep everyone engaged, entertained, and educated with Family Maker Camp, live now!

World Wide Boomerang 64
This easy-to-build flyer comes back, indoors and out.

Easy Family Projects to Do at Home 68
A collection of past Make: projects you can probably make with stuff already lying around the house.

PROJECTS
Digital Revolution 72
Take a break from your touchscreen and dial up your friends the traditional way on this rotary cell phone.

My Monkey Companion Bot 78
Build a fun robot monkey you can customize, wear with you on adventures, or use as an avatar.

Backyard Wind Power 84
Make a simple generator that powers your small projects from the breeze.

Mini Jacob’s Ladder 90
This pocket-sized ladder is easy to make for just $20. You’ll be rewarded with a real high-voltage eye-catcher.

Sequino! 96
How one maker made a unique “rewrite” clock with Arduino, CNC, and sequins.

Comprehending Capacitors 100
A capacitor stores electricity, as you will see in this experiment from our book, Easy Electronics.

Pick and Pull PC Projects 104
Three fun projects you can build with salvaged computer parts.

Toy Inventor’s Notebook:
Don’t Drop Your Bot! 110
High-tech fabrication meets low-tech play action.

1+2+3: Mini Ground Effect Vehicles 112
Experiment with the world’s lowest-flying aircraft.

SKILL BUILDER
Green Grain Glazes 114
Study up on quality woodworking finishes that won’t destroy the world.

MIDI for Makers 118
The 38-year-old standard for musical instrument interfacing is still a useful tool for tunes and art alike.

TOOLBOX
Toolbox 122
Gear up with the latest tools and kits for makers.