From the MAKE: Flickr pool The VoiceShield from Spikenzie Labs incorporates an audio record/playback chip (ISD4003) and amplifier into an Arduino add-on device – It uses a unique, yet very user friendly, way to access different sound bytes so it is easy to build a “talking” device. It can work with words, complete sentences, or […]
By far one of my favorite iPhone apps, SynthPond provides a blank canvas for sound experimentation, accessed using cell/planet-esque components with individual parameters set by the user or at random. SynthPond’s creator ZachGage writes – synthPond is a music / art piece that I made for the iphone. It’s a spatial synthesizer, and it’s in […]
Beth from Cloth & Fodder took a break from PhD studies to create this “album cover” for a contest. She based it on her Terry the Tarantula tutorial and won the major prize.
Alessandro writes – Facebook Lamp is an RGB led lamp that advise you if you have notifications on facebook changing its color or fading from one to others , the lamp in connected to my laptop via USB and is controlled by a custom software, written by me, able to connect to the web and […]
Yeast under a microscope, via Wikipedia Chelsea Green has 2 great posts with Sandor Katz, author of “The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements” and “Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods,” on the wonderful world of fermentation. First, here’s license to experiment (if you needed it): More […]
Lloyd’s roof-mounted solar panels (image via Extreme Tech) In response to a Slashdot / Extreme Tech article about a $60,000 residential PV system that still leaves its owner with $200 per month winter power bills, Mikey Sklar posted the following tips: 1. Roof Mounted Panels Suck – They often have limited or no tilt control […]
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Handspun yarn from Jill Draper. Absolutely dreamy!
