Antique voltmeter displays current air quality from the web – By Tom Igoe… One thing that disappoints me about computers is how little character they possess. Antique instruments of information display, like Victorian pendulum clocks, barometers, and compasses, and Babbage’s calculating engines, have a presence that modern computers lack. I dig the look of the […]
Hacked Gadgets ran a contest to try and find the awesomest electronics workbench in all of Geekdom. They got some pretty sweet entries, but the winner was Lorne Wilkins. Not only is his set-up top-drawer, he goes into detail describing parts of it, including some homebrewed tools, like the PCB holder made from an old […]
Plan-K-Troniks posted a schematic of a nice little 8-step sequencer for use with the Gakken Analog Synthesizer kit. Their description is in Japanese, but not such a problem if your familiar with the language of electronics – MICRO ANALOG SEQUENCER FOR SX-150 SX-150 Analog Synthesizer Kit
Sherri Wood embroiders tattoos on fabric dolls drawn by female tattoo artists from around the USA. She writes: I find cloth bodied baby dolls at thrift shops and send them to tattoo artists who then draw original tattoos directly on the dolls. They send the dolls back to me and I hand embroider the images […]
Make a device that identifies dangerous liquids by analyzing light – By Eric Rosenthal… After air travel security banned bottled water and baby formula, I began wondering why they didn’t use a device to determine the contents of liquids. If a liquid was detected to be safe, security could allow it on the plane. Spectrometers […]
Hey Makers, I put together the LED Clock kit today – it took awhile to make but was really rewarding once I got going with it. Obviously the wiring was the hardest part but once you check all your connections and develop a pattern it goes by pretty fast. This kit also taught me a […]
AJTurley lives out many a Kraftwerk fan’s fantasy as he uses his scientific calculator as a MIDI controller by way of a Basic Stamp board – This is a demo of a project I built so that I could use my HP 48 to play a MIDI keyboard. The calculator is running a program that […]
