Mechanical Typewriter Keyboard for iPad
If you like the old-time tactile quality of a classic manual typewriter, but have come to appreciate the ease of use of an iPad, you’ll dig Austin Yang’s iTypewriter mechanical typewriter keyboard.
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Old Spice Muscle Music Player
I’m loving this new (can you even call it a) commercial from Old Spice. Sensors are hooked up to the body of Terry Crews, and when flexing, it creates music from the attached, improvised instruments. When the video ends, you get the chance to play, too, using the keyboard. I have a MaKey MaKey coming […]
New in the Maker Shed: Perma-Proto Boards
Have you ever had one of those “why didn’t I think of that” moments? I had one the first time I saw Adafruit’s Perma-Proto Breadboards, now available in the Maker Shed.
Bleep Labs Debut New Gadgets
I totally dig Bleep Labs‘ new creations! They look like tons of fun. Dam-Drum Dam-Drum is a handheld drum machine and sequencer with four unique sounds selected by Dam-Funk. This is a collaboration with Dam and Bleep Labs, who designed and built the drum in Austin, Texas. Only 100 Dam Drums were built and they’re […]
Nokken-3 Subsea Exploration Robot
Eirik Taylor’s Nokken-3 ROV is the latest iteration of his long-running submersible project. The ROV housing itself was constructed using a sheet of plexiglas, which was welded first using acetone to hold the pieces in place, then glued later with epoxy. The potting substance used this time is laminating epoxy, commonly used to repair fiberglass […]
Musical Hacks For Raspberry Pi
Peter Kirn writes about the first wave of musical hacks for Raspberry Pi over at Create Digital Music: Apple may have started the conversation about the “post-PC” age. But part of what this means is that a “computer” doesn’t necessarily have to be something costing hundreds of dollars, in a conventional desktop or laptop form […]
Papercraft Walking Bipedal Robot
The build video for mechanical paper model maker Kikousya’s papercraft walking bipedal robot is a top shelf example of what a dedicated artist can achieve with simple materials. In this case, paper, rubber bands, wooden dowels, and some paste.