Month: February 2008

The BrakeDrum

The BrakeDrum

This cool musical instrument is based on the circuit bending 5 toys, and a trigger system made from mouse pads and sheet metal. The website has audio samples, electrical diagrams, and pictures of the whole process. If you want to try this one yourself, be warned, this is not your every day circuit bending. – […]

Cat hunting robot

Cat hunting robot

The headline is a little misleading, a robot didn’t actually hunt a cat… just looked for one GKD writes – For many years now I have searched for practical uses for my robots, including my latest research project into behavioral control software that simulates a pet’s behavior . Most of my previous projects have been […]

Real world Mario

Keith Lam (a.k.a. The Demos) created a real life Mario game installation called “Moving Mario”. The video shows the artwork and describes a lot about the creation process. It would have been a lot easier to use parallax scrolling of the background, but the point is you actually MOVE Mario, not the background…and a moving […]

DIY $1 Popcorn Machine

This would be a fun project to make while camping, since it requires very few tools, and you most likely will have a can of your favorite beverage already packed for the trip! The only addition items, that a typical camper might not have packed, would be the piece of sand paper and some popcorn […]