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ITP Spring Show 2009 pictures

ITP Spring Show 2009 pictures

The ITP Spring Show 2009 was another great display of “interactive sight, sound and technology”. MAKE stopped by to check out all the cool projects, and we took some pictures and videos that we will be posting over the next few days. You can still check out all the great work tonight, May 11th, from […]

Guitar Hero robot in action

Guitar Hero robot in action

It’s exciting to see this project progressing: first, Joe Bowers sent us his Arduino-based note visualizer (it blinked LEDs in sequence with the game’s notes). Now, he’s grafted the Guitar Hero controller’s board onto it. Joe mentioned having some difficulty sensing notes when the flame effects burst around the fret board. He’s had pretty good […]

Styrofoam chandelier

Styrofoam chandelier

From the MAKE Flickr pool Eric’s styrolight looks quite scifi – I made a chandelier from the molded styrofoam packing material Apple used to use for shipping their laptops. Approx. 35″ x 35″ x 12″. The unique lighting fixture went on to win the Sustainable prize in Design Within Reach Austin‘s M+D+F competition – congrats!