Mike writes – “This is the Open Call for circuit builders, benders, and destroyers! The fourth year of this annual festival of music and art features nightly concerts, daily workshops, and site specific art installations. Now in three back to back incarnations in LA, Minneapolis, and NYC. Show us your stuff!” – Link. Related: The […]
Eric writes in with some great electronics classes in NYC! – “Registration for January/February classes at LEMURplex is now open. Exciting new class topics include Robotics, Controller Building and Audio Processing, plus additional core and special topic offerings including Max/MSP/Jitter, Arduino Microprocessors, Video Tracking and Fiberglass Fabrication.” – Link.Build Your Own Music/Video MIDI Controller Building […]
Ty put the MAKE MP3 player he made in to a metal cigarette case… Nicely done! More: Open Source MP3 Player Kit – Link Get one from the MAKE store – Link
Orb – James Sears – Leif Mangelsen Solar bikini (charges an iPod shuffle) – Andrew Schneider. Sonic Body Pong – Tikva Morowati. CabTrails – Michael Ang. Botanicallss (plants call you when they need stuff) – Robert Faludi, Kate Hartman, Kati London, Rebecca Bray (tons of asterisk projects this year!). Tonight is the last night of […]
We asked a few really smart makers of fashion, hardware, software and electronics to tell us what is on their wish list this holiday season (we like to call them intelligent designers) and boy did they come up with some good ones! Check out the dozens of ideas and gifts they put together that may […]
Riley writes in with how he made his own DIY “electric gyroscope” – “I used one of those clear dummy cds that can be found at the top and bottom of spindles. I made a 4.5 volt battery pack out of 3 AA’s and used a motor out of a CD player I salvaged. The […]
There are hundreds of gift guides this holiday season filled with junk you can buy, but a lot of times you actually don’t own it, you can’t improve upon it, you can’t share it or make it better, and you certainly can’t post the plans, schematics, and source code either. We want to change that. […]
