Peter writes – “Handy with software and want to break some international copyright laws? Remix music with tiny fragments of copyrighted material. A new project (sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ!) that uses audio input to trigger remixed, sliced samples (so you can beatbox in sounds) will soon release GPLed C++, Python, and Pd code. If that sounds too tricky, […]
Ian writes – “3D images created using Google Earth – an image is taken, then a second image slightly rotated to one side. These are then blended to create 3D photos. Some work well (I think St Helens is the best one) and some are not so good.” – [via] Link. Related: Callipygian 3D free […]
Don writes – “The BBC broadcasts a children’s program called Bamzooki! It’s built around “zooks” and competitions between them. The zooks are computer designed robots constructed by the audience using a downloadable from the site. The target audience is probably low teens but 8-80 might be more like it. One of the challenges is that […]
Zunkworks writes – “The Citizen Scientist is a weekly e-zine published by Society for Amateur Scientists. Check out the projects and lab tips sections, lots of cool things to Make. TCS also maintains an archive with topics from outdoor photography to making vacuum pumps to monitoring atmospheric pollution.” – Link. I just got a membership, […]
Professor John C. Bean from The University of Virginia Virtual Lab writes – “I completed the podcast conversion (including narration) of the “UVA Virtual Lab” webpage explaining “How Semiconductors and Transistors Work”. If use of this podcast materializes, I’ll proceed with conversion of additional webpage presentations to podcasts. Suggestions welcome on which website pages might […]
Blitzner writes in about the two fellows making the UFOs in Orange county – “…You can get prebuilt models similar to this for $40 with motor and gearbox. You can buy a good radio system for $100-250, the $250 model being overkill for this.” – [via] – Link.
Is there anything iPod Linux *can’t* do? iNES is a project created to port a NES emulator to the iPod – [via] – Link. Pictured here, Castlevania on an iPod. Related: MAKE Volume 02. Mod Your Pod in DIY: Mobile. Enhance your iPod with a Linux upgrade. Read it now, MAKE 02 – Page 135.
