Beamer writes – I’ve been working on a sequencer project for a while and I got some good footage of my good friend Scott Hansen from Tycho and ISO50 playing with it. It’s based off of the Arduino right now. The first row is your standard note assignment The second row is velocity (turned off […]
BeatSpinner 2.0 is an experimental sound project / instrument built on the top of an old turntable that uses wooden discs that the user can manipulate to create the right beat patterns. Check out the video above for the full effect. BeatSpinner 2.0
Brian writes in… Recently, I wanted to network my media center in the living room of my apartment. I was not satisfied with running an ethernet cable down the hallway and putting holes in the wall was not an option. Thats when I thought of running the cable through the air duct, my 555 based […]
It seems like I end up updating my laptop every couple of years, but as cool as new hardware is, sometimes the challenge of finding a new use for the old machine is more interesting. The iNoteBook mod is a classic example, transforming a broken, screenless iBook into a stealth desktop machine. What’s your favorite […]
Very cool little plasma audio project – if the visual audio correlation here seems vague, check out Timetec’s frequency modulated prototype Plasma Speaker/Tweeter [via] Related: Tesla coil super mario duet Tesla guitar
Once you have made your ignition coil, you may want to try making an induction heater. Here is how they work: When an alternating electric current is passed through a coil, the coil creates a magnetic field. The magnetic lines of flux cut through the air around the coil. If a ferrous material, such a […]
Ignition coils are a cheap way to have some high voltage fun. You can usually find them in old cars or a used parts shop. They need a special circuit to work outside of the car; fortunately it’s fairly easy to make one. Ignition coils are essentially pulse transformers. Transformers that work using pulses of […]
