MAKE MAGAZINE

IF YA'LL HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MAGAZINE YET, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING I HAVE COME ACROSS IN A WHILE.
IT IS LIKE TAKING THE READY-MADE MAG AND ACTUALLY MAKING IT INTERESTING .
ALL KIND OF REALLY TECH STUFF

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THERE IS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SEGWAY CREATOR.
HE GOES INTO A BIT OF THEIR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND PRESENT THE IDEA OF A "SOUTH POINTING CART"
AN INCREDIBLY INTRICATE WORK OF ENGENIERING FROM CHINA'S WAY BACK PAST THAT HELPED THE PEOPLE PULLING IT NOT GET LOST ALONG THEIR WAY, IT HAD A POINTER ON IT THAT WAS CALABRATED TO POINT SOUTH, AND AS THE WHEELS TURN, THEY ARE LINKED TO DIFFERENTIALS THAT ADJUST TO KEEP THE POINTER ALWAYS POINTING SOUTH.
HE THEN SPOKE ABOUT HOW THEY ALSO HAD THE USE OF RUDIMENTARY COMPASSES, A VERY SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO NOT GET LOST.

HE SPOKE OF THIS BECAUSE, THERE IS A TENDENCY TO GET LOST IN THE LOVE OF A TECHNOLOGY AND GET BLINDED BY THIS AND SPEND LOTS OF TIME AND MONEY ON A SOLUTION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED MUCH MORE SIMPLY AND ELEGANTLY WITH ANOTHER APPROACH.

IT IS A GREAT MAGAZINE WITH LOTS OF HACKER-DO-IT-YOURSELF MAKE COOL SHIT KINDA STUFF. ALOT OF ELECTRONICS
BUT NOT SO OUT OF REACH AS TO ALIENATE THE UNINITIATED.