Here is another great project from Linus Ã…kesson. This time it is some really cool 80’s type “chiptunes” based on another AVR micro-controller. Normally, when you create a chiptune, you start with an existing chip (such as the SID chip or the YM2149) and write a tune for it. We decided to start from scratch, […]
Yellow Drum Machine is a tiny musical robot who’s sole purpose in simulife is to motor around looking for suitable surfaces to drum a beat on. Notice how the robot first plays on the object it finds (or is forced to find by the angry cameraman), plays a small beat, and records the beat it […]
If you are like me, you hate to sweep and are too poor to buy a “Roomba”. This BristleBot project by 11th grade programming wiz, Erin Kennedy, is a pretty simple way of getting some basic cleaning done and watching the bot scuttle around on the kitchen floor is pretty fun too. Bristlebot @ RobotGrrl
Using Firefox’s CSS-based chrome feature or Safari’s advanced stylesheet preferences and a little clever CSS coding, you can disable most banner ads, making them invisible in your browser. This technique is considerably easier and more flexible than setting up a private DNS server or proxy to filter out images from ad-serving domains. The trick is […]
Next time you’re trying to explain the importance of web standards in modern web design and development, just let this video do the talking for you. The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) is back with another marketing rap. This time he describes how web standards and proper design can affect the ranking and conversion […]
Seb Lee-Delisle made this cool particle system using an Arduino board and an 8×8 LED array. He writes: The only real trick here is that I’m working internally with a much higher resolution that the actual 8×8 grid, and then rounding to the nearest pixel when displaying each particle. This gives a really smooth movement. […]
Ever realize something you thought you put in your bag was actually not there at all? “Project Lady Bag” uses RFID tags to keep track of everything in your bag while icons relating to the missing items appear on the bag’s outer surface LED screen. The bag also gives clues to your emotional state, such […]
