DIY Under $10 CD cases…
Omni96 has a simple and easy sub $10 CD case on Instructables. You’ll need some plastic CD pockets, velcro and a hot glue gun. 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.
$10 Integrated headphone ski cap…
DIY happy has a fun how-to on making a ski cap with headphones in it. Sam writes “Burton sells a really cool cap with integrated headphones for listening to music while participating in winter sports. These hats are well made, but they cost around $40. That’s why Digital Cameron and I set out to make […]
HOW TO – Build a PVC instrument
Nathan has a really cool Blue Man group-like PVC instrument you can play with your hands or a mallet [via] Link & build photos. Check out more PVC projects here.
Biggest.Siren.Ever
A glimpse back at simpler times, when everything could be solved with huge sirens in every city – “..a Chrysler Air Raid Siren, the most powerful siren in the world. It’s the size of a car, measuring near 12-feet in length and standing more than 6-feet tall. It also weighs twice as much as today’s […]
Circuit bent Pikachu
Get LoFi has an awesome video of a circuit bent Pikachu toy – complete with touch contacts and pitch knob Link. They also have a video from the Bend2005+-festival of some Makers playing some sort of PVC system with wonderful noises coming out it. If you want to learn how to make your own circuit […]
Linux powered, wireless sniffing web radio boom box
Isnoop writes – “For the past few months, I’ve been working on a web radio boombox. I’ve hollowed out a perfectly good radio and made room for a tiny motherboard and power supply that are set up to run Damn Small Linux off of a USB flash drive. There is a wireless card inside, and […]
The Subwoofer that shook the world
HTRN writes – “Using an entire basement or large room as the resonant box and multiples of large drivers (the article uses 12 15 inchers!) and a monster pro audio amp, it reproduces sounds so low and so loud, they’re felt rather than heard. After looking at this, I went looking for my Sawzall!” Link.
