Pre-Edison sound sample 03/27/2008 Édouard-Léon Scott’s phonautograph recorded sound visually and apparently did so almost 20 years before Thomas Edison’s famous audio work –...
Portable drawing desk 03/27/2008 A reader sends word of Matt Reidsma’s excellent Studio2Go portable drawing studio – I needed a way to make my...
APC + cracklebox 03/27/2008 From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member Farnea built this Tamagotchi-syled 2-in-1 noise machine combining and Atari Punk Console with...
Percussion table 03/27/2008 This would be a blast for music-parties! (I trust I’m not alone in wanting more of those) Easy to imagine...
BRAINWAVE exhibit @ Exit Art 03/27/2008 Two interesting pieces from Exit Art gallery’s BRAINWAVE: Common Senses show – Alvin is a cellular automaton. Eight different cells...
Ready, willing, and Abletonator! 03/27/2008 Woah – music meets gaming interface in a major way! The Abletonator incorporates a full Ableton Live music making workstation...
Game console guitars 03/26/2008 In the quest for ‘ultimate tone’ many designs have been attempted, but few know the musical potential held within an...
See-thru laptops! 03/26/2008 From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow – Flickr user Kap4001 removed the displays from 5 laptops just to ....
Drawbot corral 03/26/2008 From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Looks like pool member Nortis had a lot of fun building drawbots and setting...
Bicycle rim antenna 03/26/2008 Keep an eye out for good salvagable parts, especially around spring cleaning time – Several months ago I was walking...