MAKE subscriber subatomic from Chicago, IL wrote in to share his PVC didgeridoos packing 11 interchangeable extension tubes to change the pitch. I’ve built two didgeridoos, with extension pipes to change the pitch. With a 2nd player, we’ll be able to play chords together. I had been thinking about buying a didj for a while, […]
Our friends over at Lion Brand Yarn have posted a fun new project that’s great for spring and summer knitting and crochet. The pattern for this grass rug comes in knit and crochet, so pick your yarn craft of choice and whip one up this week!
New York-based BREAKFAST fitted a BlimpDuino with on-board video and wireless control system and took it out for a spin at a party to interact with the crowd. Everybody’s favorite controller du jour, an iPad, was employed to orient the dirigible and act as a augmented display medium.
Rob Seward’s Four Letter Words takes a unique approach to displaying text, using elegantly animated miniature fluorescent tubes – The piece displays an algorithmically generated word sequence, derived from a word association database developed by the University of South Florida between 1976 and 1998. The algorithms take into account word meaning, rhyme, letter sequencing, and […]
Here’s a quick test video of the Arduino Nerf sentry gun in action. I didn’t have ammo in the first few belt casings, so I avoided getting shot. This time.
Webcomic xkcd recently took a break from the usual illustrated narrative format, posting the above-seen schematic simply titled “Circuit Diagram“. Hmmm … a little short on actual usage info here, anyone built this one yet? Oh – and adding Arduino just for blog cred? yup, works. More: Color codes…
Silverspaceship coded up a simple 3D maze app for his monome 256. Nothin’ like a $1400 premium music controller for retro gaming ;) [via monome: news]
