This robot scares me, I mean really scares me. I am not sure if it is the lack of a torso, or that fact that it appears to catch fire. Either way it is kind of creepy, yet it is one of my favorite works of art. I wish I could have seen this in […]
Yes, this is another drum machine, but I couldn’t help myself. This one listens and repeats the rhythm that the user plays. The whole thing is made from a Lego NXT and what appears to be Lollypops for mallets? More about the Lego NXT robot drum machine Related: The Drum machine robot
This is a really nice drum machine that utilizes DIP switches to control the drum beats. Those types of switches are hard to manipulate, but I imagine you could easily replace them with an easier to use 2 or 3 position toggle switch. The two dip switches work in tandem so that each 1/8th note […]
Our friend Dug North from The Automata / Automaton Blog posted this really interesting clockwork mechanism. This is the repaired inner mechanism of a Vichy automaton made in France in 1875. The complete automaton depicts a lady who breathes, closes her eyes, turns her head, fans herself, and lifts her glasses to her eyes. More […]
CupBoy from the Nihilogic blog wrote a Javascript Super Mario engine which compresses down to just 14K. This includes all of the audio and sprite data for the little demo, which are both encoded within the single Javascript file. The sprites are stored in custom encoded strings in a format that only allows 4 colors […]
I had the challenge of adding Google Analytics tracking code to all the outbound links on a site I’ve been working on. There are hundreds of these links scattered around the site, so rather than try and edit a bunch of links, manually adding onclick handlers in an error-prone fashion, I decided to get lazy […]
This is an interesting Google Earth interface by Jens Franke & Thomas Gläser. It utilizes and Arduino, foot switches, and overhead projector to navigate the Earth. Arduino Earthwalk represents an intuitive way to control Google Earth. The user navigates on the earth´s surface using five footpads. The arrows represent the cardinal points as heading directions. […]
