Arduino does 3D
We’ve blogged about the Touchshield for Arduino before here on Make, but this demo shows an interesting use of the add-on that allows for 3D animation on the device. Check out the video for details. via Tinker
Year: 2008
Text to speech installation makes “telephone” seem easy
This interesting art project consists of a computer speech to text loop that continually degrades over time. One machine reads text aloud that is alayzed by another computer which then speaks the text, while the next machine analyzes it and speaks the result as well. The result is printed out in real-time on a nearby […]
Guitar-boat
Singer-songwriter Josh Pyke rode this rather nifty guitar-boat into Australia’s Sydney Harbor as part of a shoot for an upcoming music video. The giant-sized floating six-string is a replica of the musician’s instrument of choice – a Maton brand acoustic. No details on the construction, but I’m guessing Pyke’s a big Roger Waters fan … […]
Music @ Maker Faire Austin ’08
Come along on a whirlwind video tour of musical devices found at Maker Faire Austin 2008. There was much goodness to be seen and heard on the Travis County Fairgrounds this past weekend – a ginormous thanks goes out to all the creative minds that made it happen! Keep on with the makin’ and shakin’! […]
The Upcyclist Party Contest from Singer & CRAFT
There’s still time to enter the The Upcyclist Party Contest brought to you by SINGER® Sewing Company and CRAFT Magazine. Both SINGER and CRAFT like a good party but hate to waste resources on disposable decorations that just end up in landfills. We know you can help us come up with fantastic ideas that are […]
Maker Faire video (Mindbites)
Video from MindBites of their visit to Maker Faire Austin, nice music!
Scripting Photoshop with Javascript – anti-redaction example
Thomas Robinson was experimenting with a way to recover censored text from documents that use the Photoshop “mosaic” filter to redact text. One way to brute force a solution to a redacted message is to run the mosaic filter with a number of input letters, looking for visual matches that progressively uncover the censored text. […]