Toby writes – I’ve just finished writing up my first-attempt at converting the reed-switch signal from our exercise bike into MIDI. Makes for an interesting workout when you have to keep pedalling or the music grinds to a halt. Nice – sounds like a great way to enhance a workout! More project info + source […]
Dave writes in to share his friend Andrei’s project, a homemade hourglass. Andrei made this using two wine glasses, hardwood, brass screws and a keen attention to detail.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Sean built a digital weather display with a very analog feel - I took an old clock, removed the mechanism and replaced it with an Arduino (micro-controller) that checks the weather on the Environment Canada website every fifteen minutes and update the hands accordingly. It also has a web server […]
Turned out that some of the switches had gone bad. I was thrilled to see a nice assortment of through-hole parts when I took it apart.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr members Lenny & Meriel posted this vid of their motorized cake decorating device – good times!
Check out Elisa Strozyk‘s awesome pixelated textiles made with castoff wooden veneering. The wooden textile intends to look at the new ways wood can be manipulated from its hard physical property to a fluid form when combined with fabric. Providing flexibility to wood allows us to connect with it in new ways. Utilizing wood veneers […]
The DIY mavens at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories made this tabletop playable Pong game and very thoroughly documented the build and functionality. What is PONG supposed to represent? Our answer to this question is a game somewhere between pinball and ping pong: Two players each have a single knob that controls the position of a […]
