An awesomely handcrafted instrument with a heartwarming origin, Marcelo Johann describes his “Father’s Synth” – When I was a child I loved music and wanted to play the piano. However, my family had no money to buy such an expensive instrument. As my father was an electronic hobbist, he started to build this electronic organ […]
Grab this cool kit for Halloween. Sound activated, the ghost flashes his little red LED eyes, vibrates and makes scary sounds! Easy and fun to build. Hack it! Oh somebody please bend/mod the bejesus out of this thing – it’s begging for it! Hmmm … an alternate enclosure might be a good start … spooky […]
Our CRAFT photographer Sam Murphy took some great shots of the crafty action that happened this past Friday in San Francisco for PARK(ing) Day. From the site: PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event centered in San Francisco where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public […]
Alan writes – I’m part of a fantastic crew of makers out of West Oakland who are building a 10’x 10′ human powered “hamster wheel” styled rail-car for the Handcar Regatta. The Regatta it this Sunday and you’re readers should hear about it. From the looks of the above seen “contraption”, the Handcar Regatta is […]
This cool hack shows you how to repurpose and take apart the cover of Esquire Magazine’s 75th Anniversary Cover which features real E-Ink. Their challenge was to find a way to extend the battery life of this display. Watch the video to see the ink changing and link below shows some pics of the stripped […]
If you’re in the Baton Rouge, Louisana area, Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft will be speaking at Louisiana State University on Wednesday, September 24th at 5pm in the Design Building, Lecture Hall 103. Don’t miss it!
The “I2C LCD Interface” lets you connect up an LCD display to a microcontroller (in this case they are using a FreeDuino controller) with only two wires. Check out the link below for the details on this setup in order to get your project displaying text in no time. I2C / SPI LCD Interface via […]
