Give your project some beat with the Seeed Music Shield from the Maker Shed. The Seeed Music Shield is an Arduino compatible music player / recorder that is also Ipod / Iphone compatible. It is based on VS1053b chip so can play variety of music formats stored on MicroSD card.
Syuzi of Fashioning Technology points us to this amazing quilt developed by Alberto Elizondo, Roberto Picerno, Francesca Pizzutilo. Lullaby is an illuminated quilt that bridges the distance between a parent and a child geographically apart through interactive play. Touching a quadrant on one quilt, simultaneously illuminates the same pattern on a second quilt. The interaction […]
George Hadley of West Lafayette, IN, has been building the most lovely RepRap Mendel using 3D-printed parts. You can view his voluminous Flickr set or read his blog for more details.
Continuing with the string of zip tie projects turning up on the internets lately, Sean over at MAKE posted this project by an artist called, Brian Jewett. …Jewett made these modern-materials versions of traditional coil baskets using garden hose, cable ties, and spigot handles. You can find out how to make your own Cable Tie […]
This IRONBUDS kickstarter from New Hampshirite Thomas Young is already funded, but it looks like you can still jump on board if you want a set for yourself.
George @ MAKE showcases these really cool examples of mathematical beadwork structures by Kazunori Horibe. Looking closely at one example, you can see how the surface curvature depends on the structure. Generally, six-sided cycles correspond to an infinite tessellation of hexagons, which makes a flat plane or can be rolled into a cylinder. But in […]
Chris from The New Hobbyist created this nice 3D printed USB peripheral which lets him easily vote on Reddit stories. Based on The Awesome Button project, Chris’s button sends USB keyboard commands from a Teensy USB to the Reddit Enhancement Suite, a browser extension for Redditors. If you want to make your own, Chris has […]
