Inspired by the Kaoss Pad and monome music controller/interfaces, Alexander Randon created the Kaossonome The Kaossonome is my first electronic music controller design. It interfaces the musician via a touchscreen, resting on top of a 256 LED matrix, and eight rotary encoders with pushâ€buttons, four on opposite sides of the LED matrix. Enclosed within an […]
Douglas Coupland is the sculptor responsible for this luscious voxel orca sculpture outside the Vancouver convention center. See a few more pictures after the jump! [Thanks, Andrew Salomone!]
It’s Design & Photography month over on CRAFT, Where Andrew Lewis has a guide to running fabric through your inkjet printer: Sometimes I have a great idea for a textile project, but I get put off by the thought of trawling through the seemingly endless bolts of fabric at the store. Then I think about […]
It’s time for more crafty comment fun! We’re featuring some of our favorite reader feedback here on the blog, over on Facebook and from our Twitter followers. Let’s jump right in! There were some great tips and ideas over on Facebook in response to Kristin’s Frappacheapo that I featured last week. I liked Stacie Haber […]
This fascinating Gadget Lab post examines the Arduino phenomenon and compares it with more robust (but far less ubiquitous) alternative BeagleBoard, with commentary by Make: Online senior editor Phil Torrone. Be sure to read the comments. Readers: Do you use an Arduino or some other other form of microcontroller — or even a mini PC […]
Future dollars image – Making coin at the U.S. Mint (photos) @ CNET News. Great photos and article(s) by Daniel Terdiman – CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman completed a two-part set of visits to the production facilities for America’s money. First it was the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s next-generation $100 bill production process, in […]
How would you like to run Ubuntu on your Nexus One? Max from NexusOneHacks.net spent this past Independence Day weekend cramming Ubuntu on to his Nexus One and has produced a short how-to explaining the process.
