Tin Can Stars
Ansie of Sol y Sombra shows you how to take a soda can and upcycle them into these tin can stars which she used for her tin can star mobile last summer (pictured below).
Year: 2010
How-To: Microphone blimp
Instructables user gezortenplotz writes: Wind across a microphone causes distortion and unwanted noise for videographers and nature recorders while taping outside. The purpose of the microphone ‘blimp’ is to attenuate the wind noise without interfering with the desired sound. Blimps are expensive. This project came in under $40. Mics are interchangeable in this blimp (if […]
Propeller based synth drops head-bobbing beats
Clock Loop’s BlackBox 2.0 sequencer project uses 4 Parallax Propeller chips driven by a single 5MHz crystal to create some sweet electro rhythm. The above-seen demo shows off what two of the devices can do together – one handling sound synthesis, while the other’s on sequencing duty. Have a look at the project’s schematic & […]
Lego Star Wars foosball table to cut epic battle short
A few weeks ago in a galaxy far, far away, Rebel Troops and the Empire decided to put down their starships and fight out their epic battle like men, in a foosball game.
Papercraft rhombidodecadodecahedron
Flickr user fdecomite built this impressive rhombidodecadodecahedron (say that three times fast).
Messenger Bags from Old Life Vests
Sean @ Make: Online points us to this attractive bag made from an upcycled airplane life vest. Not functional as such, but still a nice reuse project! I love the pull-to-inflate zipper pull.
Linyl Records: Music and light combined to create nostalgic ambiance
Linyl Records capture audio and ambient light together on a single disk. It uses an Arduino to read the RGB values on the disk, which it then reproduces in ambient lighting.