Month: September 2008

MAKE Flickr pool MIDI party

MAKE Flickr pool MIDI party

A bunch of cool MIDI projects have shown up in our photo pool of late, time to catch up on the goings-on – Recotana posted this new controller design sporting an ATMEGA16 and transparent case. – USB MIDI controller trial make D.St-Amand is currently working on this sleek and compact controller design – the board’s […]

Fail Whale up in lights

Fail Whale up in lights

(photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid) Sean O’Steen illuminated his love for the Twitter Fail Whale by rendering the lovably iconic mammal in LEDs on a Peggy board. Wow – people love that failing whale! (Personally, I wish whales the best of luck in all their endeavors ;) – LED Whale Love on Flickr […]

Recumbent Roundup

Recumbent Roundup

Chuck From “Chuck’s No-Weld Recumbent Bike.” Because riding a recumbent means you have to smile like that:) As with tall bikes a few weeks ago, I’ve just hit my tipping point with recumbents: there are now too many high-quality how-to’s on this most aerodynamic style of bike to avoid adding it to my project list. […]

Austin Event: Dorkbot 17

Austin Event: Dorkbot 17

In a week, it’s that dorky time of month again: Thursday, September 18, 7PM Cafe Mundi 1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35) (512) 236-8634 Dorkbot is, as always, a FREE event. * Meredith Johns and Carolyn O’Hara from Hawgfly show off their gore cannon * Edwin Wise is back with a […]

All AJAX image editor

Nich sent us a link to his project, Dr. Pic, an all AJAX image editor. Without using any Flash, the application allows you to upload an image, do simple draw and filter operations, place text, crop, resize, and save a finished copy. Javascript is used to draw preview material to the canvas, and then the […]