iPhone fetches itself
Here’s an interesting video of another walking iPhone. Then it rings, instead of you getting up to pick it up, it walks over to you. Ah, maybe Apple will build this into iPhone 4G. via Suicide Bots
Year: 2008
Human puppet is triggered by impulses
This researcher connected a bunch of electrodes to his face to stimulate his nerves and tendons causing him to become a human puppet for the duration of this video. Although we don’t conduone this type of thing here at Make, it’s still pretty amusing to watch. via Suicide Bots
Giant inflatable octopus
This giant octopus was spotted in the Shoreditch area of London. Inflatable and made to catch passing wind drifts, the octopus moves in sync to appear as if it’s alive and grappling the building. Interesting idea that definitely scared a few locals as the comments at the link below suggest. via Monster Munch
Tips for Sewing on the Bias
If you are planning on making the Kangaroo Pocket Dress from BurdaStyle, you might want to check out this roundup of tips for sewing on the bias on the BurdaStyle blog. Related New Burda Style Pattern
3D sculpture of human MRI is very angular
รฏยฟยผThis physical version of an MRI scan is built with 60, 1-inch wooden cubes of which 94 of the outside faces are varnished and the 266 internal faces feature a square slice of the MRI. Pretty interesting way of visualizing the body in physical space. via Info Aesthetics
iPod/iPhone as music hardware
CDM points out this video demo of and iPod Touch running TouchOSC software alongside a Novation keyboard controller. Much more than a novelty, some of these new apps from independent developers can add much needed enhancement to a pre-existing setup. The ITM suite of MIDI applications also come to mind as potentially quite useful. [via […]
HOW TO – Control a Gakken SX-150 using Arduino
Mr. Book sent in his strategy for controlling Arduino from a MIDI controller through Processing – My implementation uses a single DAC IC chip, the MCP4921, which sells for about 2 bucks from Mouser. The current version uses the Arduino, only to read one byte, as a midi note, from the serial connection and sends […]
