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i3L MIDI bridge for the iPhone

i3L MIDI bridge for the iPhone

Brian sent in this MIDI bridge for the iPhone, holy smokes this is cool and looks like it will get even better soon, he writes – Istanbul based vj collective artificialeyes.tv announce the availability of i3L_v0.1, the first iphone to midi bridge for audio and video software as a free download. i3L (pronounced “i thrill”) […]

Build your own telescope

Build your own telescope

When you have more than a passing interest in amateur astronomy, you quickly find that the hobby can get expensive fast, especially when you start dreaming about getting a bigger scope that will collect more light. Maximizing the aperture to cost ratio is the Dobsonian telescope, a simple large-aperture reflector on an alt-azimuth mount, named […]

EL soldering basics

EL soldering basics

This Instructable gives you the skinny on soldering electroluminescent (EL) wire. How to Solder EL (Electroluminescent) Wire – Link Related: Electroluminescent butterfly night-lights – Link Make a Glowing, Wearable, EL-Wire, Blinky Light… – Link. EL wire barbershop pole… – Link. The EL lamp project – Link. EL wire projects on MAKE – Link.

Robots at Maker Faire Austin

On today’s episode of Boing Boing TV, MAKE editor-in–chief Mark Frauenfelder looks at some of the venerable Robot Group’s contribution to last month’s Austin Faire. Mark also covers Bleep Labs’ Thingamagoop analog synths. I have a review of these cool little synth critters on the Federated Media Holiday Gadget Guide. You can read that here. […]