The DS Music Interface (DSMI) is a collection of tools that will allow you to use one or more DS devices as wireless MIDI controllers. Using the touchpad on your DS, you can control a MIDI capable music instrument or MIDI-driven visualization software. Using DSMI, the DS can also receive MIDI events. This can be […]
This weekend while walking down Mill Avenue in Tempe, AZ, I saw an interesting sight. The sidewalk is made of bricks, but one of them was glowing. Upon closer inspection, it appeared one brick had been removed and replaced with an acrylic box containing a light source, which was backlighting a drawing on the inside […]
One of the problems with traditional turbine generators is that they are only really efficient and cost-effective at large scales. They may be great for feeding the grid, but an efficient, cheap, and portable device to power your cell phone or charge a radio a wind turbine will never be. Shawn Frayne’s invention, the Windbelt, […]
This is a nice way of taking your PC back to the 1930s Art Deco designed world. Maybe it will also make us think back to the time when consumer electronics weren’t just pocket-sized gadgets that can be thrown away after a couple years of use. The Art Deco PC Mod – [via] – Link
Universal Plug and Play support is available on most modern wireless and DSL routers. Among other things, it allows client machines on the local network to remotely configure the router’s port forwarding, typically without authenticated access. Adrian Crenshaw has a nice screencast which shows how to detect UPnP capable devices on your network and how […]
Here’s an interesting project by Caleb Coppock: Graphite conducts electricity. Two wires brush against the surface of a paper disk as it spins. The wires are connected to a simple electronic tone generator. When a line of graphite is drawn across the disk, connecting two wires, a tone is heard. The quality of the line […]
Octopart just released this: the ability to embed a parts list right into your webpage without writing any code! Just create your list in Octopart and click “publish.” Amazing; I’m going to go back and add this to all my projects. – Link.
