[Warning – abruptly loud bits around the 1m50s mark] Dave Wright‘s Magneto-Conga percussion sequencer is just dripping with handmade DIY awesomeness – using three Hall Effect Sensors dc speaker is pulse width modulated for speed control mangets are placed on spinning mole can to make rhythms three channels – as many magnets are you can […]
Using a heart rate monitor, a hacked MP3 player and a LilyPad Arduino, Dana Ramler and Holly Schmidt developed a wearable bio circuit: With each beat of the heart, Bio Circuit connects the wearer with the inner workings of their body. In this sense the garment functions like other biofeedback devices that use sensors to […]
Rachel Pfeffer made this Pac Man ring set! [via BoingBoing]
Looking for some great science books? Have a listen to this podcast… Great Science Reads @ The New York Academy of Sciences… Dean Kamen’s pick Calculus for Cats is wonderful… Seven scientists and science-lovers—Dean Kamen, Helen Fisher, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and more—recommend their favorite science books, fiction and non, for you to wrap up and […]
These signs (stickers? graffiti?) use simple computer commands to address elements of the urban environment. Love that these can have both a positive or critical message. If only you could command-z IRL… [via @alexislloyd]
The Satpack is an ATmega644p controlled satellite tracker with doppler tuning. It uses qrpTracker, which is an Arduino friendly program based on James Miller’s Pan-13 to calculate the position of the satellite.
I’ve been dying to start some project with all the new yummy laminated fabrics that are out now. Kate of Two Little Banshees shows how she made this laminated fabric pen pouch to keep small items easy to find in a full handbag.
