Guitar Hero controller synth
What do you do with that little plastic axe once you’ve had your fill of Guitar Hero? Turn it into a real instrument, of course. Arizona maker Justin Bread added just enough components to convert his.
Year: 2010
DIY DSLR camera dolly
Working on a low-budget indy project and need a dolly shot, but would rather hack something up than spend funds on expensive gear? Maker J.G. Pasterjak’s DIY camera dolly built from scrap angle, skateboard wheels, and allthread might do the trick.
Metroid costume completed
Last week, we posted about Joseph DeRose and his dad, Tony, working on an ambitious Halloween costume based on the Metroid character Samus. They emailed to let us know that the costume is done. You can see the final assembly in the video above. There’s also a video of the making of the helmet. Great […]
Beam camp call for proposals
Have an idea for a large-scale project, and just need an army of kids to build it for you?
Math Monday: Gyrangle
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics As announced a few weeks ago in this column, I made a large mathematical artwork at a public “sculpture barn-raising” on the National Mall in Washington DC last weekend. Hundreds of people helped me screw together these 490 laser-cut triangles into this structure which illustrates a discretization […]
Calling all Lehigh Valley makers!
Calling all Lehigh Valley makers! MakeLehighValley, a group working to start up a hackerspace in the area, is having it’s first meeting in a few weeks: MakeLehighValley is having it’s first meeting at the Allentown EDC Bridgeworks facility on 11/16 at 6:30PM. Allentown AEDC is helping to setup a hackerspace in their facility that will […]
Dyna Moe “Mad Men” Baked Goods
Creator of the amazing retro “Mad Men” illustrations (you Mad Men-ed yourself a few times, right?), Dyna Moe posted this photo of a set of custom Mad Men confections she received from Pipeline Confections. They look too good to eat.
