Giant Monome invades your local electronic music show
Bastian Chroos’ 256 button Monome makes a regular version seem very tame. Check out the video to see it in action and the link below for some images of back of the PCB. via Arduino Blog
Year: 2009
Umbrellas bloom in the neighborhood
”Bloom”, a project by artist Sam Spenser, turns an ordinary tree into an augmented sculpture by introducing yellow umbrellas on the end of each branch. Really nice way to add some color to the neighborhood on a dreary fall or winter day. via Apartment Therapy
Sound installation is controlled by air hockey mallets
“Doubles” is an electronic musical instrument that uses two controllers (which resemble air hockey mallets) and a surface of rolling beads. When moved, the controllers are measured in speed, distance, and their motion is used to create the resulting audio and visuals. via Digital Experience
DIY Marquee LED array display
Humberto writes in – Ever had a message you wanted to tell the world around you? Ever wished you had a way of taking information and having it light up in front of you, a phalanx of diodes doing your bidding, emitting light on command to form out your epistle? This video outlines how to […]
Updates to the MAKE suggest a site form…
We have some excited updates to the MAKE suggest a site form… – ok, exciting for us and some makers out there. You can now put your city, state and country in the form if you choose to. We like this, and makers asked for this, it helps us know where makers are doing things […]
My Kitchen Revamp
I’ve been doing some home improvement projects lately, the most intense and time-consuming one being laying a new floor in my kitchen. It improved the look of my place so much, but the sight of my hot water heater was still driving me batty–and since I’m a renter I can’t move or replace it with […]
Weekend Project: The Ball of Sound
Turn two salad bowls into a spherical array, ball of sound with amazing results. Pick up MAKE Volume 11 for other great projects.
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