Spinning beach ball of death
Gijs writes – Here’s my spinning beach ball of death and loading PCB synced to a Gameboy classic. It’s part of my camera sequencer project… Spinning beach ball of death – Link.
Music
Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, weโll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
Tesla coil super mario duet
Steve Ward and Jeff Larson constructed these two solid-state Tesla coils, then programmed them to play the Super Mario Brothers theme. Twin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC Cox (Resonance Research Corp) in Baraboo WI. The music that you hear […]
DIY sneaky surround-sound
In today’s O’Reilly Digital Media newsletter, David Battino has a piece on how you can burn your own surround-sound DVDs without spending a fortune on encoding software. In short, you load six mono WAV files into an AC3 encoder and then drag the resulting file to your DVD-burning program. Depending on the encoder’s capabilities, you […]
Another real Guitar Hero
Here’s another Guitar Hero controller mod using an actual electric guitar. Tips And Tricks To Build A Real Guitar Controller Just In Time For Guitar Hero 3 – Link Related: Guitar Hero/ Funde Razor – Link Ultimate Guitar Hero mod – Link HOW TO – Build your own custom full-sized wireless Guitar Hero controller (Funde […]
Creative Commons Halloween Music
It’s hard to find halloween music that’s creative commons and awesome. This week for the podcast background music, I turned to the Open Source Audio section of the Internet Archive and found Zyzzybalubah’s Fandango Halloween EP. It’s brilliant! – Link Zyzzybalubah is also on myspace! – Link
The Ham Band
How did they get the camera up so high? Why is he wearing a top hat? Are you a wage slave? These are the questions you’ll ask as you watch my dad’s favorite ham radio video! – Link
Festival stereo
Z (from Sweden) writes in – Hi! I’m a long time Swedish reader of your inspirational blog and wanted to give you a heads up on a stereo I contsructed this summer, it’s great for festivals and other outdoor parties, and even includes cupholders. Full specs on Flickr… Festival stereo – Link.
