If you’re anywhere near Amsterdam, come on over to the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky for the Make Faire Wednesday, 19 October 2005 – 19:30 – 21:30. It’s part of Euro OSCON, but it’s FREE for anyone. We have a great group of Makers and some free stuff to give away. See you there! Link.
Shannon writes “Quite likely the coolest DIY project I’ve ever seen. It’s a case to carry your laptop (or whatever you want to carry), made from an old boombox, and wired up to play music from the computer or mp3 player that is inside…I can’t seem to find one of these boomboxes ANYWHERE around here to make one for myself. I’m gonna have to resort to the high priced machines on ebay I suppose.” Link.
The Melloman, uses Walkmans and cassette tapes to play original Mellotron samples, or whatever cassette tapes you want to put in. Inside the box, there are 14 continuously running Walkmans mounted side by side. The first Walkman is designated for drums, and the next 13 provide sampled loops for 25 notes. [via] Link.
Great article on Gizmodo’s frog Design Mind – As we spend more time communicating, playing, and working in the digital world, our expectations and ways of acting will transfer to the physical world. Digital objects are, above all, plentiful, easily copied and easily shared. And they are beautifully malleable. We transform them, recombine them, share them some more. Photos are Photoshopped, music is remixed, code is developed co-operatively, web applications with open APIs are mashed together... Link.
Kevin writes “In the second duct tape project of the month, I decided that it might be a good idea to make a messenger bag. Why? Because I can, that’s why. Anyhow…Here’s how it begins. First, you’re gonna need to make a few sheets of duct tape fabric…” Link.
Flashman writes “Junior Maker – An 8-year-old Australian boy, whose cat will only drink running water, built an infrared switch to activate a bath faucet when the cat wants a drink.” Link. This would go well with our VCR cat feeder!
SDB writes “The gEDA project is working on producing a full GPL’d suite of Electronic Design Automation tools. These tools are used for electrical circuit design, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, and production. Currently, the gEDA project offers a mature suite of free software applications for electronics design, including schematic capture, attribute management, bill of materials (BOM) generation, netlisting into over 20 netlist formats, analog and digital simulation, and printed circuit board (PCB) layout.” Link.
