From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Yapruder is the lamellaphone-pro! He made this dual thumb piano using a screw-down grounding strip and a cook’s chopping block – plus, of course, the optional buzz texture add-on. Hmmm, I’m starting to see my terminal strips in a new light – ground bar chop block on Flickr Related: […]
This week: The World’s Smallest Co-Axial Helicopter, Black Leather Keyboard, iPhone Location Amp for the Yamanote Train Line, Joule Thief Insect, Webcam Theremin, Kodomo no Kagaku Magazine: Science For Kids, Dream Factory Blow: Retro Miniaturized Vans, RC Airplane Launcher Catapult, Wooden Toys from Heiwa Mokko, Recycling Art: Cabbage Chair by Nendo, Recycling Art: Plastic Bottle […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr user Vwgoatboy is working on a text-keyer using the Arduino platform – just needs a little help on the coding end to get things ship-shape. – Arduino text input on Flickr
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Dave turned a Wii Guitar Hero controller into a full-on MIDI device – From the time i started playing guitar hero this last Christmas (i know, iรขโฌโขm a little late to the party) I just couldnรขโฌโขt help but think what cool real instrument it would be. I saw the […]
David writes in with his – PIC-based project to monitor remote Wifi stations – Itรขโฌโขs amazing what you can do with a 70 cent computer. Actually itรขโฌโขs amazing that there are 70 cent computers! The PIC12F510 is a complete computer – flash program memory, RAM, GPIO pins, internal clock and two A/D converter inputs in […]
Shannon writes in – The How + Why is an electronic taxidermy installation that is part of the Parsons Design & Technology senior thesis exhibit. I was inspired by vintage How + Why Wonder books to create a fictional natural history museum display with animated creatures. The butterflies flap their wings, the deep sea fish […]
1440 rpms v8 LEGO engine via Jalopnik. The maker writes – I upgraded the engine to a double cam setup and voila, promptly got 440rpms more. For now i’m running the engine completly unlubed. If i optimize it a bit further i think i can make it to 1600 rpms. I wonder how an inline […]
