wigidy-wigetty-Woah, Nintendo DS homebrew software has come a long way! DScratch is the first module made using my Protein engine – it’s a little audio manipulation software running on Nintendo DS, which ables you to play with an .wav audio sample, a recorded audio sample or even audio streaming from DS’s embedded mic; you can […]
Evan has a new print from the White Glove Tracking project, source code and video – nice stuff! Above is the White Glove Tracking compilation video Ben and I showed at the New Museum last night. You can also peep the slides from the presentation here. This is the culmination of work that took place […]
This “Acceleration Sensing Glove”, similar in some ways to the sign-language translating glove, uses a 2 axis ADXL 202 accelerometer to input human hand gestures into computer interpreted symbols. Designed at UC Berkeley, the glove can also substitute for a mouse or any other simple input mechanism. Read more about its construction at the link […]
A classic project for those rainy sundays – the two most common approaches to making invisible ink in the kitchen: Write a message with lemon juice or, then heat with a lamp/oven/iron to decode (but not burn!) as seen above. or Write your message with baking soda + water mixture, allow to dry, and decode […]
Keywurl is a nifty little Safari plugin that adds simple keyword search to the address bar. Say you wanted to pull up the Wikipedia entry for hacks: just type “wiki hacks” into the address bar. Looking for photos tagged with makerfaire? “flickr makerfaire” will take you to the appropriate place. The latest beta version for […]
Wow, I need to check this out – it’s a giant ‘telescope’ links London and New York – As the first splinters of sunlight spread their warmth on the south bank of the River Thames on Thursday, it became clear that after more than a century, the vision of Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St. George […]
Spring sends notice about an interesting upcoming event in the works – This is an amazing, first year event scheduled for downtown Santa Rosa, Ca. The Hand-Car Regatta blends art and science into one gigantic experience of moving parts, sounds and people. The Hand-Car Regatta supports art as an experience by taking art out of […]
