Mammoth Modular Synthesizer At MIT Museum
Joe Paradiso has installed his homebuilt mammoth analog modular synthesizer in the MIT Museum and has completed a fairly epic patch which you can listen to (24 hours a day)
Month: February 2012
Open Source “Upgrade” Badges For Your Projects…
Tyler is a new maker on the scene with one of my favorite open-source hardware kits (an ambient-style GPS). Within just a few weeks a customer of his “upgraded” his kit all because it’s open-source. Tyler then made these cool badges to put on his product pages, etc to show and share that it’s been improved by going open. This is a great example of some of the things I talked about in my recent article “The {Unspoken} rules of open-source hardware”.
Meet the Makers, MAKE Volume 29: Simon Jansen’s Nerf Gun
Meet Simon Jansen, a software engineer by trade who likes building all manner of odd inventions and restoring old cars in his spare time. In MAKE Volume 29, Simon wrote about making the Better Nerf Gun, a metal foam-dart gun that blows away the standard-issue plastic Nerf gun.
Animusic’s “Pipe Dream” Made Real
By now most of you have probably seen or heard some version of Animusic’s digitally animated musical concerts – specifically, their “Pipe Dream” video which has over 1.1 million views on YouTube. Well, Intel went ahead and made a real-world version of that concert!
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Last week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw… My First PCB from barnoid. Ferrofluid #3 from Mr. Bell. Repairing My Saw::Finished from Digitallizm. Complete dome view from hudson. [Untitled] from C.Filipowski. Glass Rain detail from Jenine Bressner. And the final batch works as well from .:madworm:..
Get Crafty For President’s Day!
If you’ve been lucky enough to be granted a three-day weekend thanks to President’s Day, it’s a perfect time to break out the craft supplies and make something to celebrate. Our team has the day off, but to keep your craft needs satisfied, here’s a roundup of some of our favorite Presidential projects we’ve posted […]
LED Mirror Sports Anti-Fog Heating Element
Redditor Craptain needed a new mirror for his bathroom, and decided to go the DIY route to soup it up. Not only does his mirror feature ambient RGB LED lighting around the edges, but it also has a power socket for a shaver and a heating element in the back so that part of the […]