Our project is an open source, Arduino Mega-based computer interface and max/msp– based MIDI sequencer. You can find all kinds of information about it at beatseqr.com, but the ten-second pitch goes like this: Drum machines are fun to use because the interface is intuitive, but they only make the sounds they know how to make. […]
Calling all video makers! We want to see your videos from Maker Faire, coming up this weekend. Share with us your clips, interviews, compositions, whatever you find interesting at the Faire. Upload it to Blip.tv or your own server and submit the video to us! If we use a clip of yours, we’ll give you […]
Each year since 2006, thousands of children across the United States submit artwork representing a plethora of endangered plants and wildlife living in our fair country. The submissions are amazing, the cause is attention-worthy, and the contest culminates in national Endangered Species Day, which this year falls on tomorrow, Friday, May 21. The contest gives […]
Vanessa of V and Co. blogs for Make it. Do it. and shares how to make these fun fabric flower rings from scraps of fabric.
Dale has a piece for his O’Reilly Radar column on what he’s dubbed “make-offs,” low-budget knock-offs of scientific and industrial technology, built with off-the-shelf parts: It is a version of what China has been doing to America, benefiting from the R&D that goes into refining the specifications, developing prototypes and building a finished product. Only […]
A look at the amazing goblin masks from the movie Troll 2.
Confessions of a Sewing Dork shares how to sew a halter top with a built-in shelf bra. She breaks the pattern down in to three basic pieces, making it very easy to understand.
