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MAKE NEWS No. 45 -- Save a man stuck in a fissure filled with toxic gas, RSS
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September 29, 2006
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MakeShift: Save a man stuck in a fissure filled with toxic gas!
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Next up, let's show everyone how to win the MakeShift challenge. The creator of
MacGyver (Lee D. Zlotoff) challenges you to save a man stuck in a fissure filled
with toxic gas!

=The Scenario=
You set off on a solo backpacking jaunt one blissfully free weekend, in search
of a legendary mountain hot spring that has remained pristine thanks to the
12-plus-hour climb it takes to reach it. A well-earned sweat topped off with
nothing but silence, solitude, and hot water--what's not to like?

Just as your topo map indicates that you're within minutes of the spring, you
hear an agonized shouting from somewhere off the rocky trail. You quickly
discover a large, cylindrical fissure in the ground, about 15 feet in diameter
and about 20 feet deep, at the bottom of which lies a rather large example of
humanity, with his leg bent at such an unnatural angle that there's no doubt
it's badly broken. You yell down to the man--who is easily twice your weight--to
say help has arrived. He acknowledges you with a wave, but he seems to be fading
fast from shock, pain, or whatever. The walls of thet fissure are nearly vertical
and full of jagged rocks, but your experience tells you they're scalable. Still,
there's no way you'll be able to climb those rocks with this guy on your back.
You'll have to come up with another way to get him out of this whole.

=And then it hits you=
A noxious, sulfuric smell that says that this fissure is a vent for the same
gases that make the hot springs so warm and bubbly. If you don't quickly find
a way to get fresh air to this guy, he's not going to survive long enough for
you to rescue him.

=The Challenge=
Devise a way to keep this guy breathing while you come up with and execute a
plan to safely extract him from the fissure. Then get him stabilized long
enough that you can either get him off the mountain yourself, or hike back out
to summon more help.

=Here's what you've got=
A top-of-the-line backpack with a nested, detachable water container, a sleeping
bag, inflatable air mattress, two-man backpacking tent, a large towel, cook set,
butane stove, camping food, and a basic first aid kit. You also have 40 feet of
nylon rope, an elaborate Swiss Army knife (or Leatherman tool), a 25-foot roll
of duct tape, a small Maglite-type flashlight, your trusty, 6-foot bamboo walking
stick, and the bandanna around your neck. Any questions? Good, 'cause humanity
awaits.

Send a detailed description of your MakeShift solution with sketches and/or
photos to <makeshift@makezine.com> by October 27, 2006. If duplicate designs
are submitted, the winner will be determined by the quality of the explanation
and presentation. The most plausible and creative solutions will each win MAKE
sweatshirt. Think positive and include your shirt size and contact information
with your description. For rules and solutions to previous MakeShift challenges,
visit <http://www.makezine.com/makeshift>.

MAKE: Video!
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=Make Podcast: Weekend Projects -- Making A Drawbot=

Check out our latest project from our media maker Bre using the MAKE controller
kit: "When I saw the scribbler robot article in Make: 07, I had to make one. At
first I thought it would be easy to get some steppers and boss them around with
some software. Well that's what needed to be done, but it wasn't easy. Luckily
I got a lot of the hardware issues out of the way by finding a medical robot
that organized vials of blood off eBay to convert into my robot."

<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/make_podcast/>

MAKE: Blog
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Can't get enough MAKE? Visit the MAKE blog for a daily dose of all things you
*should* try at home. Each day we post dozens of stories, projects, hacks, and
mods sent by you, makers!

<http://www.makezine.com/blog/>

This week on the MAKE: Blog

=A Steam-powered Motorcycle=

We're getting a lot of great submissions to add to our growing collection of
"maker made" transportation. Here's a series of photos from an early homemade
steam-powered motorcycle. Annette writes, "Ray Clift was born in August, 1912,
in Bellingham, WA, where he spent most of his growing up years and young
adulthood. Ray was an inventive fellow, as were many of his contemporaries, as
kids back then didn't have many toys. They made their toys! Ray's working years
were spent in photography, machine shop, mechanical engineering, and drafting.

"Ray and I were married in September, 1973, so I was not an eye witness to his
early endeavors. All I have are some photos he kept, his notations, and memories
of things he mentioned to me. I believe that the motorcycle was Ray's only
invention using steam power. I recall him saying that the motorcycle wouldn't go
very far.

"Ray must have sold or given the motorcycle to someone, probably before he moved
to Seattle, WA, about 1949. I remember that an old friend of his told him that
he had seen what he thought was the motorcycle, lying abandoned and rusting in
a field."

Here are the wonderful photos from Annette:

<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/09/steam_powered_motorcycle_photo.html>

=MAKE: Toast Art=

The best art since sliced bread? Gavin Harper, our mate who has written articles
on Build Your Own Band Aid Fuel Cell, Make a Geodesic Dome, and a number of cool
tech books, met up with acclaimed "Toast Artist" Lennie Payne, who gives MAKE
readers some insight on how to make art from toast.

<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/09/make_toast_art.html>

=Public Beta: Subscribe to a Print Magazine (MAKE) via RSS=

OK makers, for those of you who use RSS feeds and also subscribe to MAKE (the
magazine + digital edition) we have an interesting "public beta" we'd like you
to try out: "subscribe to a print magazine (MAKE) via RSS." For the folks who
want to dive in, or who are in the publishing industry, you can now subscribe
(via RSS) to any term/topic/author that appears in MAKE (print magazine) and
read the articles you subscribed to (RSS) instantly with our digital edition.
In other words, MAKE magazine feeds feature page permalinks.

<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/09/public_beta_subscribe_to_a_pri.html>

MAKE: Flickr Photo Pool
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There are over 5,028 photos with 1,679 Makers from around the world posting
projects, hacks, mods and more in the MAKE photo pool.

Morgan, the wonder Atari 400/800:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/hauntedpalace/251633335/in/pool-make/>

"Old school ROV":
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_tentacle/251961099/in/pool-make/>

Get your steampunk one:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikest/247903419/in/pool-make/>

Building a simple magnetohydrodynamic propulsion craft:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/oskay/243692324/in/pool-make/>

The new Sony reader:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmtorrone/tags/sonyreader/>

MAKE Volume 07!
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Volume 07: Backyard Biology

Hack your plants, extract your DNA, 70's soapbox saga, build a videocam rocket,
and head-mounted water cannon.

<http://www.makezine.com/07/>

Subscribe today: <http://www.makezine.com/subscribe>

Last up, if you're a MAKE subscriber, don't forget that you can log in right now
and see all of MAKE 07 with MAKE's digital edition.

<http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol07/>

Renegade Crafters! MAKE’s New Zine, CRAFT, on Newsstands October 17!
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From the team that brought you MAKE, CRAFT is a quarterly, project-based magazine
dedicated to the renaissance occurring within the world of crafts. Our vision with
CRAFT is to unite, inspire, inform and entertain a growing community of highly
imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts
with unconventional, unexpected and sometimes renegade techniques, materials and
tools.

CRAFT is written for and by creative, free-spirited DIY enthusiasts; tech-savvy
makers & crafters; students (of all ages), teachers; the intellectually curious,
artistically inclined and environmentally aware. People who derive an innate sense
of pleasure in finding unexpected ways to repurpose, re-make and re-use materials,
art, technology, devices in their daily lives. Learn How to:

· Embroider a skateboard
· Make and program a light-up tank top
· Convert an old pair of shoes into chic knitted boots
· Create an iPod cozy through the ancient art of felt-making

CRAFT goes on sale October 17, 2006 and we anticipate a very quick sellout (as was
the case with the inaugural issue of MAKE). Avoid the crushing disappointment of
an empty newsstand, reserve a copy today by subscribing.

As a special offer to MAKE readers, visit craftzine.com/subscribe and claim an
inaugural subscription for yourself or as a gift for the crafter in your life
before October 17th, enter promotion code MAKE4CRAFT and receive the cool new
CRAFT T-shirt.

Just visit <http://craftzine.com/subscribe>

And be sure to check out our new blog:

<http://craftzine.com/blog>

MAKE Japan
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MAKE is coming to Japan! It has a lot of our content from the pages of MAKE,
but will be specifically for Japan.
<http://www.oreilly.co.jp/books/4873112982/>

You can also download a sample MAKE 01 (Japanese PDF) here:
<ftp://ftp.oreilly.co.jp/download/make01_sample.pdf>

MAKE: Limited Edition Pocket Ref
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We love us some Pocket Ref! It's a great little book with concise all-purpose
reference featuring hundreds of tables, maps, formulas, constants & conversions
AND it still fits in your shirt pocket! Get one, heck two, at the MAKE store
for only $12.95 each!

<http://makezine.com/store/>

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*The MAKE Team*

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