Did you ever think about another use for your broken walkman? Or does it simply go in trash? Do you ever wonder about finding a second life for an old computer mouse?
A new magazine hopes to inspire the basement tinkerer in all of us. Many people channel their creativity into projects in the house or garden, but opening up a cell phone seems strictly off limits. Most of us don’t have a clue how to fix their computer, Ipod or even how to open one.
The people behind MAKE magazine think there are a lot of people out there with an interest in re-inventing with the gadgets that run our daily lives. So their magazine is a deliberate throw-back to the how-to science manuals of an earlier era — back when technology wasn’t so cheap people did more “do it yourself.”
Guests:
Rosalind Williams, Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT
Phil Torrone, Associate and Online Editor of MAKE magazine
Dale Dougherty, Editor and Publisher, MAKE magazine.