360 controller busts mad beats + synth 03/16/2009 Want to make music but find yourself more comfortable with a gaming controller than say a traditional MIDI controller –...
Chameleon guitar takes on many tones 03/16/2009 Amit Zoran’s Chameleon guitar uses replaceable soundboards built from various types of wood and other materials to take on different...
Persistence-of-Vision Watch open-sourced 03/16/2009 Joe Grand writes in with plans to build his POV wristwatch (mentioned here a while back) – Five years ago,...
Makers birthdays: Albert Einstein 03/14/2009 Happy Birthday Al! On this day, in the year 1879, a person was born whose name would become synonymous with...
Casio SK-1 modded beyond all recognition 03/14/2009 MySpacer GoodVillain has taken Casio SK-1 modding to its limits with the “Sample Smasher”. Stripped of its original enclosure and...
Unraveling capacitors 03/13/2009 From the NYCResistor crew comes this action-packed crash-course in capacitors – complete with a cliffhanger ending! Here’s hoping the saga...
SixthSense wearable data interface 03/13/2009 The SixthSense project from the MIT Media Lab aims to seamlessly integrate digital information with our everyday physical world. The...
Arduino bicycle gear indicator 03/13/2009 MAKE subscriber Dan Wagoner sent us this digital gear indicator project he spotted on the Arduino forums – I did...
Talking gear with ArcAttack 03/12/2009 Maker Faire mainstays ArcAttack explain some of the hardware behind their powerfully musical singing Tesla coils. They go on to...
Story of the Telharmonium 03/12/2009 This enjoyably quirky documentary tells the tale of Thaddeus Cahill’s Telharmonium, the monstrous forerunner of the analog synthesizer, making music...
