Month: July 2012

Kinect-Controlled Visual Instrument

Kinect-Controlled Visual Instrument

This project combines the collective talents of musicians, dancers, programmers, designers and animators to create an amazing visual instrument. Creating music through motion is at the heart of this creation and uses the power of the Kinect to capture movement and translate it into music which is performed live and projected on a huge wall. […]

Wine Cork Portraits

Wine Cork Portraits

Artist Scott Gundersen reused thousands of wine corks to construct these monumental portraits. [via Colossal] More: How-To: Preserve a Candy Portrait @Craftzine.com blog Chinese Soldier Portrait Made From Toy Soldiers Made In China @Craftzine.com blog Frida Kahlo Portrait in Buttons @Craftzine.com blog

Raspbian Released

Raspbian Released

Raspberry Pi owners will likely be delighted to hear that they just got a big update to the default Linux installation for their boards. This new distribution of Linux, called Raspbian, is a port of Debian that takes better advantage of the Raspberry Pi’s hardware.

Alien Arena: Reloaded Edition Released!

Alien Arena: Reloaded Edition Released!

A while back, I wrote an Intern’s Corner post entitled My Open Source Life Outside of MAKE, in which I talked about my experience working on Alien Arena, the open source first-person shooter. Well, for those who might be interested, I’m proud to announce that version 7.60, codenamed “Reloaded Edition,” has recently been released. It’s […]