power power power funny cars drag racing
really funny cars and more dragging than
racing it's the power racing series from
the racetracks of Maker Faire to the
pages of make in make volume 33 we
talked to the overgrown kids behind this
wacky and challenging sport where
hackerspaces turn pow pow power wheels
kiddie cars into adult racers we look at
the racers key features of each car a
timeline notable moments words of wisdom
from the sport and more in this volume
we also explore the bits and bytes
behind making the software you need to
know to program microcontrollers design
circuit boards design and prep files for
3d printing teach your kids programming
and even what tools to use to create a
website to showcase your projects in
this issue skill builder make technical
editor Sean Regan shares the collection
of clever ways for joining CNC cut flat
stock that he's been amassing over the
years for those looking to delve into
the Raspberry Pi we have an excerpt from
getting started with raspberry pi an
exercise that will teach you some of the
basics while you build a sound board to
playback stored audio files we also
introduce you to the Rivera an Arduino
powered family of robot kits that bring
sophisticated and autonomous robotics to
the masses at an affordable price banana
piano anybody volume 33 introduces you
to the makey makey and easy to use
physical to computer interface and
invention kit that can turn a rocking
horse into computer controller a door
knocker into an event trigger and well a
piano made from bananas if you like to
kick you're making a little more
old-school we have plenty of projects
for you two for making a very
respectable sound in the banjo
and a cake pan to growing your own boot
jolokia ghost chilis one of the hottest
peppers in the world and brewing your
own sake to rolling your own welding
rods handy prep for any pending zombie
apocalypse an optical tremolo effects
box a cat scratch post that dispenses
kitty treats a counting gadget for math
minded little kids pinhole photography
22 projects and all that you can build
all this and much much more in volume 33
of make available now on newsstands and
in the maker shed