Make Magazine, Issue 74

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

✦ Synopsis

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The Rise of Python
Program your hardware the fastest & easiest way yet


CONTENTS
COLUMNS
Welcome: Sharing Skills 05
Video has become an indispensable tool for learning, but it still doesn’t beat hands-on practice to master a skill.

Reader Input 06
Notes from readers like you.

Made on Earth 08
Backyard builds from around the globe.

ON THE COVER:
The Adafruit Clue microcontroller lights up with a graphic from the PyCon 2020 conference.
Credits: Adafruit,
Robb Design/PyCon

FEATURES
Reinventing a Material World 14
We need new tricks — quick — to decarbonize our stuff and the ways we manufacture it.

Protests Matter 20
50+ how-to’s for flexing your constitutional rights.

Virtually Maker Faire 22
Makers around the world logged on for an epic 24-hour, global show and tell.

GRAB YOUR BOARD
So Many Choices 24
With more features and control than ever, dev boards give makers limitless options for their projects.

Python on Hardware 28
Python’s star is rapidly rising in physical computing. Here’s why to use Python (or not!) in your next project.

Microcontrollers, Meet MicroBlocks 35
Physical computing software for education that runs live on the microcontroller!

Shut Your Pi-Hole 38
Use a Raspberry Pi to block internet ads on your entire network — computers, smart TVs, phone apps, all of it.

BONUS INSERT!
The Original Guide to Boards 2020
All the specs you need to pick the right board for your next project. Plus, download the special app for augmented reality extras!

MAKERS ON YOUTUBE
Lights... Camera... Make! 42
Advice from the pros on how to become a projectdocumenting content creator.

Tools of the Trade 48
Set up your YouTuber studio smartly with these tips.

YouTube Maker Alarm 54
Build a custom notification circuit that lights up when your favorite maker uploads a new video.

Camera Shy 58
The host of UglyDucklingHouse shares her contemporaries’ reasons for avoiding YouTube.

PROJECTS
DIY Mobile Handwashing Station 62
Bring the clean with this 32-gallon rig made from common hardware.

Storm Globe 68
Forget snow globes — build a swirling tempest for your desk using magnetic stirring and LED lightning!

The Game of Jeu Gruyère 72
This simple woodworking project provides years of backyard fun, French style.

DIY Atlas of Space 78
Going to the moon and Mars? You’ll need maps. Beautiful maps.

Knot the Child You’re Looking For 82

HALLOWEEN
Cosplaying While Black 94
Tips on getting started and ignoring the haters.

R/C Garbage Can Zombie 100
Build the scariest prop in the hood, and have more fun than your kids, with this drivable update of a classic.

Bread Head 108
Serve Halloween guests a creepy loaf of sourdough in the shape of your own dome.

DIY Fog Projection Screen 112
Low-cost and lightweight, this indoor-outdoor screen looks awesome and adapts to the weather

SKILL BUILDER
D-I-Ply 116
Reuse hollow-core doors to make plywood and more, with less work than you think.

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

Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Roth’s Orbitron 86
Making the Hot Wheels car that never was!

Amateur Scientist:
Badder Than Batteries 92
Getting to know the super fast-charging supercapacitor.


OVER THE TOP
Universal Lego Sorter 128
Built entirely from bricks, this machine can identify and sort any part made, ever.
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