HOW TO – Crochet Collar
The Ongoing Project shares her pattern for making this pretty crocheted collar, which can be whipped up in an evening.
Month: July 2008
Singing sock puppets
These musical hand puppets by Matthew Irvine Brown look irresistibly fun to play with. Sensors in the puppets mouth measure how wide it’s open and that data is converted to a musical scale. These puppets can be tuned to sing in any scale or mode. At the minute their voices come from a small Max/MSP […]
Hydraulophone: Water pipe organ
This Hydraulophone is located outside the Ontario Science Centre. I would love to know more about how it works because it sure looks, and sounds, great. I wonder how they play it during those long Canadian winters? Hydraulophone video Presently the world’s largest hydraulophone is the main architectural centerpiece out in front of the Ontario […]
Patriotic Drink Charms
Are you having a July 4th party or cookout? Over at instructables, user swelldesigner shows you how to make these festive drink charms using printouts of vintage patriotic posters and red, silver, and blue beads.
T-Clock: ARM7 LCD clock
This project is for anyone interested in working with ARM micro-controllers and lives within range of the DCF77 signal (sorry US makers). The project is really well documented, and all the schematics and programs are available to download from the site. The end results are a nice looking LCD with time and temperature. The time […]
Breadboard VU meter
Here’s an Instructable on building a breadboard VU meter around the LM3916 (or LM3915/LM3914) dot/bar display driver chip. We even get treated to the pounded out volume units of that ’80s Siouxsie & the Banshees classic “Peek-a-Boo.” LM3915/LM3916 VU Meter
Modular sound toys
Designed for preschoolers, these Interlocking sound cylinders are loaded with samples via software and can be used individually or combined in stacks. Hack/bend-ability seems an obvious potential here but beyond that it’s an appealing take on physical sample sequencing. Mmmmm … modularity. – Alle Meine Klänge [via Synthtopia]