Enforcing a minimum height for block elements in HTML is one of those few CSS tricks that you can’t live without. There are still enough folks using IE6, unfortunately, and it doesn’t support the min-height or min-width CSS parameters. This has caused the invention of a number of different hacks and browser-conditional style sheets to […]
Just a reminder here that Leah Buechley will be a part of a Wearables Master Class by Mediamatic teaching a workshop on her LilyPad Arduino in Amsterdam April 15-18. During the workshop, you’ll learn how to make soft, playful, and wearable computers by using the LilyPad Arduino. Other instructors are Maurin Donneaud & Vincent Roudaut […]
This little yellow-tracked robot roams around looking for something to drum on. It samples the sound, makes sure it is good, and creates little rhythms. There are more videos on the web site that are definitely worth a look. Drum machine robot
Dave writes in to tell us about his LED color-shifting Guitar A bass guitar I made with LEDs that pulse and color shift while I play. The LED control is just a few programs and uses Pulse-width-modulation to control fading and color selections. You can use whatever you want to control these. This isnt really […]
A user on the LadyAda.net forums has created an arduino shield for controlling a first-gen SNES audio processor. No samples up as of yet but this could prove to be much 16-bit fun. – Arduino SNES audio shield [via] Related: Making Arduino sing, Part 4 In the Maker Store: Arduino Diecimila
This looks really useful. Google recently released an API for using Gadgets and visualizations inside of (or pulling from) the Google Docs spreadsheet system. Developers can create useful visualization models, like Gantt charts or geographic heat maps, and Docs users can use these tools inside their own documents. The Gadgets in Docs framework also allows […]
I love all of the wacky things people are doing with Joule Thief projects. Here, MAKE Flickr Pool member rhonea riffs on the theme. Rhonea’s joule thieves [Thanks, Patti!] Related: A cuddlier joule thief Make a Joule Thief – Weekend Projects Video Podcast The Joule Thief
