August 2022
Intermediate to advanced
128 pages
6h 3m
English
Overview
Responding effectively to emergencies, from short power outages on up to natural disasters lasting weeks or months, is almost always a result of preparation. With a little forethought, know-how, and advance planning, makers with a DIY and community mindset are fantastically positioned to help themselves and others in extreme situations.
In this issue of Make:, get a crash course in emergency prep with our HUGE maker‚s survival guide filled with projects and resources that you can get started with today. Next, MacGyver creator Lee Zlotoff explains how a maker mindset can help you manage when a crisis seems overwhelming. Get an overview of how the growing Internet of Production helps communities respond faster and cheaper to disasters with locally-sourced resources and rapid manufacturing. Then, build a solar-powered lamp out of a soda bottle that‚s both decorative and resourceful. And, learn how to “nuke-proof” your ride from EMPs with superfast surge suppression.
Plus, 55 projects you can build, including:
- Build a light-up kaleidoscope using wireless LEDs
- Make an easy solar-powered phone charger
- Twist bamboo to make a Japanese shiorido garden gate
- Make a weather station using battery-free perpetual computing
- Halloween projects: Smoking skull mask, edible eyeballs, spooky costumes, and more!
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