Here’s a different approach to the classic Simon game – Sing-Along is a musical tone memory game in the tradition of the popular ’80s game Simon (Hasbro). Designed for one to three players, the ATtiny12 microcontroller-based device plays a random sequence of notes, and then listens for the player(s) to mimic the sequence by singing […]
If you have an iPhone, or the handy User Agent Switcher for Firefox, there are a couple of sites that offer free digital versions of several popular magazines. I guess the idea is to try and capture email addresses, but you can cancel through the input boxes and get straight to the content fairly easily. […]
This detailed how-to shows you how to add a floppy drive to a Nintendo Game Boy in order to read endless ROM files for all of the games. Although putting in this much work seems pointless now that you can run a Gameboy and NES emulator on your iPhone, we give mad props to the […]
We saw this project recently displayed at the “Evening at Maker Faire” event at the Saatchi Gallery in NYC, but here’s a link on the production of this spinning 3D screen that can display both static and video imagery in 8 bit clarity. Really nice project, and lots of great info at the link below. […]
This little musical instrument has a unique source of sound. It looks like the guts from a music box are sampled, looped, and distorted to make some really interesting music. Found Electronics has, over the years, produced a wide variety of circuit bent instruments: devices whose original function has been mangled and transformed into weird […]
Simon writes in about his robot that plays a traditional Chinese Dulcimer. It is controlled by (2) Arduinos, which receive data via motion controllers and soil sensors. Yep, plants have a say in how the instrument is played! It’s an interactive musical installation called “Three Pieces”, that’s our attempt to create something in keeping with […]
…with circuit schematics and PCB layout. Near Future Laboratory
