meg volume 32 is storming its way onto
newsstands now master prop and costume
maker Sean Thorson stands tall on the
cover backed by a gallery of his amazing
sci-fi costumes found inside find out
how he goes about fabricating these
jaw-dropping creations in his garage
volume 32 also delves into the realm of
design as more makers get serious with
their projects and some look to go pro
issues like case design and user
interface suddenly become important and
this issue we explore design for makers
from the back seat of a Fiat headed
toward Turin Italy make founder and
publisher Dale Dougherty talks to
Arduino smash emo bonzi about what
constitutes good design and what went
into making the Arduino the
microcontroller that has captivated the
maker world designer and inventor Bob
Metzger offers makers a crash course in
industrial design taking a project from
a previous issue of make and designing a
commercial worthy enclosure for it we
also take a look at toy designers past
and present with a revealing profile of
iconic designer Marvin glass and a peek
at current toys gulp der Scott henzy
have you been hearing about beaglebone
the embedded Linux development board you
want to know more don't you we've got
you covered with Matt Richardson skill
builder get started with beaglebone Matt
shows you how to set up a BeagleBone
board and how to talk to the world
through its input/output pins if you
like you're making with a dash of danger
you want to check out Charles Platts
piece about amateur rocketry in the
Mojave Desert and our feature on danger
Molnar's dreams of designing and
building a flying motorcycle in our
always meaty project section you'll find
step-by-step instructions for building a
hot and cold food smoker a button for
generating synonyms for the word awesome
no seriously a finger scanning keyless
lock box and a laminar flow water
fountain Italian designers road
rocketeers flying motorcycles big red
buttons and secret finger locks
if all this is filling a little James
Bond it gets better with the world
control panel filled this retro swanky
toy control panel arrayed with oodles of
lights and switches perfect for the
doctor knows and Doctor Strange loves of
tomorrow all of this and so much more
over twenty three projects and make
volume 32 on newsstands now or subscribe
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