Moritz Waldemeyer wrote in to share his interactive laser harp sculpture. You will be happy to hear that this is my very first installation actually using an Arduino to link the lasers via light sensors to a netbook which is running an Open Frameworks app. We created some weird and wonderful sounds from various sirens […]
Woah, great project! Make a Book a Day: “I’m Donna Meyer and this is a Daily Journal of a Challenge: to make a book a day for a year, to stretch my imagination, creativity, skills and discipline.”
We are a bread-loving family, and nothing seems to compliment a big salad and tossed pasta like some yummy, warm garlic bread. I always think of garlic knots as something we’d only get at a restaurant, but Maria from Make and Takes shows how easy it is to whip them up at home using ready-made […]
Those of you who have been following the progress of Steve Lodefink’s World Control Panel in our last two Flickr pool roundups (1, 2) will enjoy these videos of the completed panel in action. So, too, will almost everyone else. The uppermost vid has a truly rockin’ soundtrack (which I would be grateful to have someone identify), and the one immediately above features Steve’s son, Harlan, explaining the operation of the panel with all the diabolical enthusiasm one would expect from a promising young superspy. And Steve’s photo set has some great details on the build itself. [via Boing Boing]
Instructable user Bruno created this fun real life Super Mario Bros. coin block, which pops out legal tender when it’s hit from the bottom. A 555 timer controls a servo motor to push the coins out of the top while an MP3 player plays the appropriate sound effect. Luckily for us, Bruno painstakingly detailed the […]
Dutch maker Ivo Beckers (shapedad) created this capacitive stylus for folks with limited mobility and is based on customer feedback. Capacitive touch devices like the iPad are useful tools for Assistive and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Speech and Language Therapy (SLT). Check out Ivo’s wears here.
Hi Crafters! Here’s a note from Wendy Tremayne, founder of Swap-O-Rama-Rama about the upcoming Swap-O-Rama-Rama at Maker Faire Bay Area May 21-22. – Natalie Dear CRAFT Readers, It is wonderful to be writing to you in anticipation of the 2011 Swap-O-Rama-Rama (SORR) at Maker Faire. This is your invitation to join Swap-O-Rama-Rama as staff. Your […]
