From the MAKE Flickr pool Pixl8ed’s auto Etch A Sketch is wireless and hands-free – built using a stepper motors, SparkFun EasyDriver boards, XBee wireless module, and custom CNCed support hardware. Check it out on Flickr. More: Computerized Etch A Sketch @ Maker Faire
This crazy bugger is trying to tweet the Mona Lisa. He writes: Preliminary result of a little competition with the goal to write an image encoder/decoder that allows to send an image in a tweet. The image on the left is what I currently manage to send in 140 characters via twitter. He’s doing it […]
In Bb 2.0 is collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon. People are encouraged to participate and send in their own videos. The videos can be played simultaneously — the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders.
Here’s the latest from media art superstar Zach Lieberman and friends: Lights On is an audio visual performance created for the Ars Electronica museum in Linz, Austria, which has a facade that contains 1085 LED controllable windows. The windows’ colors are changed in realtime with music that’s broadcasted on speakers surrounding the building. Visuals coded […]
Fashioning Technology posted this great project, from a couple of MIT students, that explores a new use for crowdsourcing: Developed by Carnaven Chi, Xiao Xiao, Keywon Chung, and Peggy Chi, SOS: Stress Outsourced is a networked wearable system that allows users to send and receive massages anonymously. A new type of haptic social networking (or […]
There is a whole herd of these cute little orphan robots in the MAKE Flickr pool. The robots you see are adoptable for a fee. Or, in some cases we might be able to work out a trade. (I love art, but can’t always afford to buy it…) Much of my work goes to a […]
Device Volume 1: Fantastic Contraption from the the Maker Shed celebrates the genius of invention and ingenuity with a showcase of works from an international roster of artists including–H.R. Giger, Ashley Wood, Stéphane Halleux, Viktor Koen, Christopher Conte, Gregory Brotherton, Mike Libby, Nemo Gould, and many others. Foreword by our very own Senior Editor, Gareth […]
