Hans sent us a link to HowtoForge’s guide to installing and using the Ubuntu Tweak utility. Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that lets you change hidden Ubuntu settings, for example: hide or change the splash screen, show or hide the Computer, Home, Trash, and Network icons, change Metacity, Nautilus, power management, and security settings, etc. […]
Just when you thought the Arduino name permutations would stop – they don’t! Enter the “Ardrumo”: This is a software MIDI interface designed to accept serial data from an Arduino board and convert it into MIDI drum data in OS X. The application acts as a bridge between sensors connected to the Arduino board and […]
Over at Sparkfun they’re selling a relatively massive 7-segment LED display, measuring a highly legible 6″x3.3″. Finally, I can see what MIDI channel I’m using from down the hall! Has anyone put one of these to work in a µcontroller project yet? We’d love to see it in action! 7-Segment RED 6.5″ Display @ SparkFun […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Mr. Tentacle submitted this image of his six-legged robot, Hexateuthis – “the 6-legged land squid”. The design uses 18 Lynxmotion servo motors controlled by a Pololu Orangutan board (with an Atmega168 at the helm). Throw in some sleek cabling/chassis contrast and you’ve got yourself one fine piece of machine. Hexateuthis […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Ranjit created this tiny synthesizer for the thing-a-day project. Though only about two inches long, this noisemaker has five sliding switches to augment tone and a pitch control on top. Unfortunately, no schematic was made available – but one book was cited as a source: Handmade Electronic Music takes a […]
Ferry, from the HackedGadgets Forum, writes: “I took 30 IR LEDs and wired them up, a SMD FET switches them on and off and is wired up with a pinheader connector to the TV-B-Gone. Internally the FET is connected to the output pin of the controller, which is also connected to the transistor driving the […]
Ladayada reviewed the BlinkM we featured here on MAKE, she made a LED that blinks like a heartbeat and a temperature sensor that changes color of the LED to blue (cold) or red (hot) – Link. Related: BlinkM, the smart LED – Link.
