Riding the (mono)rails
French artist Vincent Lamouroux built this cool pedal cycle to travel along abandoned French Aerotrain monorail tracks. I love it when the future is already in ruin. Vincent Lamouroux – [via] Link
Month: February 2008
Knit Cables on Looms
Isela on Purling Sprite shows you how to knit cables on looms so you can make this cabled aran afghan from her booklet. Link.
The DIY “net data meter”
From the pages of MAKE – The Net Data Meter – Antique voltmeter displays current air quality from the web. In DIY: Circuits from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 133 – Link.
HOW TO – Build a USB Guitar
Bill writes – Why would you want a USB port in an electric guitar? The answer is simple: convenience. By putting a small USB port and audio codec in a guitar, you’re adding an extra sound board. So when you record, your guitar is digitized locally and the signal is transmitted to your computer over […]
DIY Electronic drum set with controller
Insomartin writes – Here is a e-drum set just for a game called DTX mania and Drummidi. and a drum controller for FL. i don’t want to purchase a module since i’m still starting to play my game and study drums. many play this game but don’t have the controller to practice at home. or […]
Tiny Buildings
Shannon points us to Tiny Buildings, a site where Sharon creates tiny paper buildings from business cards, packaging and other papers. She has even inspired other people to share their own tiny buildings on Flickr in this group. Link.
Stringwalker makes VR worlds even more realistic
“Stringwalker” attempts to solve the problem of walking with a head-mounted VR display through a virtual space. The project uses eight strings actuated by motor-pulley mechanisms mounted on a turntable to give the walker tangible feedback of their virtual environments while guiding them through the spaces. Just don’t try to attach your shoelaces to the […]