Where the wild masks are …
Oh man, Sjeanette’s Where the Wild Things Are masks are completely great! [via Neatorama]
Year: 2008
Scraping Wikipedia tables with Google Spreadsheets
Fitting in nicely with the discussion on pulling financial data into Google Spreadsheets, the OUseful blog recently demonstrated another Spreadsheet data import function, importHTML(), which allows you to easily link an external HTML table to your workbook. The Google spreadsheet function =importHTML(“”,”table”,N) will scrape a table from an HMTL web page into a Google spreadsheet. […]
Freaky-scary Arduino Halloween pumpkin project!
Limor has a great Halloween project using an Arduino and the audio shield for Arduino (Wave Shield)… She writes – Here is a timely project for an electronic halloween pumpkin. With a bit of hacking a $1 plastic pumpkin is upgraded: a sensor embedded in the nose detects when people get close and will randomly […]
Pedal powered guitar takes to the streets
This street busker in Bath, England has built a pedal powered machine that plays a guitar while he accompanies it with a violin solo. Pretty simple idea that we applaud for its DIY sensibilities and taking his invention to the streets. Guitar Machine via NeatoRama
Electric motorcycle will get you there to build another one
Here’s yet another cool electric motorcycle mod. This time it is based around a recycled 1986 Kawasaki Ninja ZX 900 where the only working components of the original bike were the tires, frame, and suspension. The bike was retrofitted with a 72 volt drive train powered by 6 batteries and a photovoltaic array. Check out […]
Hand puppet instruments help illustrate musical theory
These hand puppets by artist Matthew Irvine Brown can be tuned to sing in any scale or specific mode. They consist of basic electronics connected up to Max/MSP and can be used to “help illustrate relatively complex musical theory – such as the differences between blues, chromatic and pentatonic scales.” Check out more pics of […]
Martha Stewart Bloopers
Sometimes projects and recipes just don’t work out–it happens to the best of us. If you need proof, check out this blooper reel from Martha Stewart!