Make: Talk  

In this episode of Make magazine's Make: Talk, you'll meet our new "Country Scientist" columnist, Forrest M. Mims III. He's the author of the famous "Getting Started in Electronics" book published by Radio Shack, and was recently named one of the top 10 amateur scientists by Discover magazine. In addition, the editors of MAKE will present news from the world of making, as well as our favorite tricks, tips, and tools. Be sure to call in for prizes that we'll award during the program!

Continuing our exploration of Make, Volume 17, "The Lost Knowledge issue," we'll chat with Heather McDougal, author of "Your Own Wunderkammer," a how-to on building Cabinets of Wonders. She'll explain how anyone can make a mini-museum of the awesome and the bizarre in their own home. For more on the subject, visit Heather's blog: Cabinet of Wonders. Also, the hosts of Make: Talk will present their favorite tricks, tips, and tools for makers, and we'll be giving away prizes!

MAKE Volume 17 goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene, makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine, an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts, a "Florentine Flask" siphon coffee brewer, and a tea cup-powered Stirling Engine. The section will also cover watchmaking, letterpress, the early multimedia art of William Blake, and other wondrous and lost (or fading) pre-20th century technologies. Our guest is Gareth Branwyn, who edited this volume's special section. We'll also talk with Jake von Slatt, creator of the Victorian-era Wimshurst Spark Generator that appears on the cover of our current issue.