Jonathan Zdziarski and his editor, Andy Oram, just wrote in with the news that Jonathan’s iPhone Open Application Development book is now available in “rough cut” form. Here are the details: Certain technologies bring out everyone’s hidden geek, and the iPhone did so instantly upon its release. Thousands of programmers want to provide applications on […]
Jonathan Zdziarski and his editor, Andy Oram, just wrote in with the news that Jonathan’s iPhone Open Application Development book is now available in “rough cut” form. Here are the details: Certain technologies bring out everyone’s hidden geek, and the iPhone did so instantly upon its release. Thousands of programmers want to provide applications on […]
Tim made a DIY handheld electronic version of the African board game Mancala, he writes – Last summer at our annual family gathering, I learned the African game Mancala from my wife’s cousin Danielle. Actually, there are many variations that go by that name, so I learned the one she plays. The basic game is […]
Mathieu writes – I whipped up a little interface yesterday, to connect an Arduino to a Radio Control Transmitter. This can be used to send commands from the Arduino to the transmitter, which will mix them with the manual input and radio them to the radio-controlled model. The Arduino is sending commands (PPM-encoded series of […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool – Member Ncgoth mounted a piezo contact mic on a bow used for upright bass. The results are delicate and detailed. –Link “Bowlistening” sample –Link Musical instruments are great candidates for modding. Adding functionality and novelty to a tool used specifically for personal expression is n excellent way revitalize creativity. […]
The Experimental Interaction Unit (EIU) has a ton of great projects, some of them are a little dated now but still worth checking out… I really like the “LimeLight” project – The anxiety of our new world demands our vigilant attention. We are drawn into the spiral of constantly filtering and interpreting the breaking news […]
Fivefish.net DIY has a ton of great mic preamp kits for your music makers out there – Link.
