If you don’t already know, I love the Arduino, and Sonic Body has a great interactive sculpture made with one of these cool little microcontrollers. The Sonic Body is an audio-installation that uses interactive technology to create an orchestra of the human body. Developed as collaboration between four interdisciplinary artists and a heart surgeon, the […]
Some may call it cheating but many more will call it “Sweeeeeeet”! Take your game to the next level by modding a Guitar Hero controller with a 555 timer circuit – making inhumanly fast whammy attacks finally a reality. Ryan posted a great how-to (in between solos): HOWTO Hack Your Guitar Hero Whammy Bar – […]
The Evil Mad Science shop has 10 mm diffused pink superbright LEDs just in time for Valentine’s Day project because: “What better way to say “I love you,” than with the gift of doped semiconductors exhibiting radiative recombination properties?” 10 mm superbright diffused PINK LEDs! – Link
This solar camping light project can operate for 55 hours before needing to be recharged and was built from parts found at local electronics retailers. Pretty nice, I wish the laptop I’m using to write this post had that kind of energy efficiency. Plus it comes with a nice how-to at the link below. A […]
Kyle writes – Skittle-based beat sequencer, a tangible and edible music interface. This is a prototype developed over the course of two evenings, with a webcam and Processing. The webcam is mounted using cardboard/wood above the screen, and Skittles are placed on the screen — a cheap responsive surface (when a circle is active, it […]
Stanford’s 3D tool where you can upload your own 2D image and make it 3D (site seems to be getting hammered at the moment)- Make3D converts your single picture into a 3-D model. It takes a two-dimensional image and creates a three-dimensional “fly around” model, giving the viewers access to the scene’s depth and a […]
Here’s a monster version of the bristle bot, one made from a PS2 controller – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a Bristlebot a tiny directional vibrobot … – Link.
