From the MAKE Flickr pool – Member Ncgoth mounted a piezo contact mic on a bow used for upright bass. The results are delicate and detailed. –Link “Bowlistening” sample –Link Musical instruments are great candidates for modding. Adding functionality and novelty to a tool used specifically for personal expression is n excellent way revitalize creativity. […]
The Experimental Interaction Unit (EIU) has a ton of great projects, some of them are a little dated now but still worth checking out… I really like the “LimeLight” project – The anxiety of our new world demands our vigilant attention. We are drawn into the spiral of constantly filtering and interpreting the breaking news […]
The “Lunchbox Laboratory” a collaboration between Amy Franceschini (of Futurefarmers) and the Biological Sciences Team, National Renewable Energy Lab, is a prototype art project for a distributed research laboratory that allows for young scientists to test collected algae strains. The algae is collected and tested to confirm its function as a renewable energy form that […]
Fivefish.net DIY has a ton of great mic preamp kits for your music makers out there – Link.
I’ve been having a fascination lately with jersey knit fabric imagining that I could easily sew up a jersey dress or two for cheap this spring. Enter in Amy Rowell’s Crybabys Boutique, an online fabric store that has some of the most amazing knit fabric I’ve ever seen. There’s a huge selection of patterns and […]
Make Flickr Pool member kc7fys shares some pics of his homegrown morse code paddles constructed of copper board, an eyeglass screwdriver, rubber bumpons, and loving care. Nice build! –Link Related: HOW TO – Make an Altoids tin morse code oscillator –Link
I posted this over at the OLPC News Forums, and decided to share it with Hackszine readers as well. Most of the time, the 256MB in the XO Laptop is sufficient. But I use yum to install software, and it can be very memory hungry. I often run out of RAM when installing more than […]
