MAKE Japan editor Hideo Tamura was kind enough to send us one of the new Gakken SX-150 Analog Synthesizer kits. Needless to say I was very pleased to receive it. The kit comes as part of the latest issue of Otona no Kagaku (Science for Adults) magazine/book(aka ‘mook’). Though unable to actually read the issue, […]
A bit of EE humor courtesy of Drew @ toothpaste for dinner.
Arduino polishes up its navigation skills via an inexpensive compass sensore component – A small digital compass based on hall effect is connected to an Arduino 10000 board. The logic in the board turns on and off leds depending on direction. There are 4 leds, one for each in N,S,W,E. When two leds are ON […]
A maraca with built-in piezo mic played through delay-looper & pitch-shifter effects can make for some good sounds … but upgrade that shaker with mannequin-limb enclosure and you’re in for some stylistically enhanced neo-surrealist good sounds. [via GetLoFi]
Bill Beaty documents his recipe for levitating neodymium magnets using two rotating coppers tubes. Note: The aptly named “Fantastically Dangerous Mechanical MagLev” could indeed seriously injure a person (you’ll notice Bill uses a clear plastic covering over the tubes to prevent the aforementioned nastiness) – While working on science museum exhibits in 1990 I came […]
Here’s helpful instructable for fitting(and building) a CCD video camera to a basic pair of binoculars – Have you ever looked through your binoculars and thought ” I wish I could get this on tape” ? Well now you can. In this Instructable I’ll show you how to build a cheap CCD eyepiece that will […]
An easy-to-use 6 digit display kit updated via your computer over serial/USB connection – The USB7 expands most computers with a USB connected 6-digit seven-segment display. Supporting letters, numbers, and a range of punctuation, the USB7 benefits any project requiring highly visible information. Using common a USB cable for both communication and power, the USB7 […]
