Students at Georgia Tech’s music technology and digital media groups have some new music performance work, including wireless computer keyboards worn as guitars for use with custom software for rockin’ out. Scott Driscoll writes: There was a multi-touch table with a variety of games and interactive movies, two Indian songs involving computers writing their own […]
Little Helpers incorporate an ultrasonic sensor and a motor with Arduino resulting in a simple way to make environments more interactive – Bodies moving through a space trigger motors, sounding whatever object they are attached to. Movements acquire a resonant trace. The use of movement as a trigger is intended to initiate performative engagement, drawing […]
Sensor Interfaces by Tom Igoe. How circuits communicate with the outside world. Page 160 – MAKE 5. Read this article now in the MAKE digital edition. Or get MAKE 05 as part of The Second Year from the Maker store and/or subscribe to MAKE (use code CMAKE for $5 off USD). You can view all […]
Another quick & easy option for those getting started with the popular micro – Little-Scale posted a quick rundown on using a solar cell for Arduino sensory applications. The solar panel used in this example was rated at 2V and 25mA. Do not use a solar panel rated in excess of 5V. Doing so may […]
YouTube user kwakhed23 pushed out this video showing before and after imagery of the Moon. In the “before” part of the video, you can see the effects of the atmosphere warping the Moon’s image as it passes over the frame. In the “after” video, a temporal noise reduction filter is applied using the open source […]
Don’t forget to submit your projects to ArtBots, the deadline is May 1! ArtBots is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008. Creators of talented robots are invited to submit their […]
Brendan tipped us off – The Optimus Maximus dynamic display keyboard is available for ownership, a steal @ only $1,589.99 (!) – As you should know by now this amazing keyboard features a tiny screen on each key… that’s 113 screens in all. What can you do with these tiny screens you ask? Well each […]
