This wireless MIDI guitar by Hojun Song from Studio HHJJJ in Seoul, Korea is a pretty nice build that uses a PIC16F87A microcontroller, battery, 3-axis accelerometer, FSR sensor, and others connecting to Ableton Live to create some noise. Check out the video to see it in action. Wireless MIDI Guitar Photos of Build
The blogosphere has been all aflutter over the new line of Charley Harper products being sold at Old Navy right now. (We can thank creative director Todd Oldham for that.) One of the coolest projects I’ve seen come out of this new line? Paper and Stitch uses the cardboard squares from the Charley Harper Memory […]
I’ll admit that I’ve got NERF on the brain. Perhaps there’s something about the holidays that makes me want to shoot foam darts at people… This is a fantastic steampunk NERF modification by Professor Oliver Shagnasty, Maker to the Queen, World Traveler, Custom builder of Gadgetry. He used late 1800’s gas lamp parts, vintage brass […]
For craft sales, the recession is a help @ The NYTimes… Feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, some holiday gift-givers are saving money this year by making their own presents or — for those who lack the time or talent — buying handmade gifts from others. Craft stores, from giant chains like Michaels Stores […]
Alan sent in a link to his Art deco LED desk lamp that he made. I really like how he made the base for the lamp from scratch. Check out the link for more about the build. [Thanks Alan] I built a stylish energy-efficient desk lamp, entirely from scratch. I have always enjoyed Art Deco […]
Shoppers at a Michaels store in Pleasant Hill, Calif. – photo by Peter DaSilva The New York Times has an interesting article about the effect the recession has been having on craft sales, both on the craft supply front and the readymade craft product end. The gist? Sales are up! Read more here.
Mark’s article on GOOD! The Return of Amateur Science… Last week, while browsing the Popular Science archives (which recently became available on Google), I noticed that the earlier issues of this 138-year-old magazine contained quite a few articles devoted to amateur science. The 1940s and 1950s were a heyday for basement-based research, with experiments such […]
