Great background story on the Drawdio kit (we have this in the Maker Shed!)… JJ Silver (the inventor of Drawdio) writes – Imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil (cheap circuit thumb-tacked on) and then play them with your finger. The Drawdio circuit-craft lets you MacGyver your everyday objects into […]
Not quite sure if the constantly changing face of this single digit LED clock would be irritating (ok, probably), but it’s an interesting and perhaps rebellious take on the ubiquitous 7-segment project. Economical and initially befuddling to friends/enemies! – Single Digit LED Clock Kit Of course would likely save a lot of dough when building […]
Rachel Hobson @ CRAFT writes: Jeffery Ruddell over at CraftStylish has done it again! All of his paper projects leave me swooning, but – honestly – often leave me feeling a little intimidated. His latest project, though, is right at my speed and would actually be fun to tackle with my kids. He’s made a […]
The winning project from American Maker is now available as a kit – AIRHEADS – AIRDRUMS – Winner of the 2008 MAKE FAIRE Chicago ” The best instrument they have seen since the Theremin” Airheads MINI 4 kit are sensors to be used with midi drum brains and synthesizers or midi I/O devices allowing one […]
When I look for gifts for a lot of my friends, the most important thing on my mind is finding things that are hackable. Is the gift modifiable, open source, and fuel for future projects? Does it teach you something? These are essential qualities in a hacker gift. In this guide, you’ll find a collection […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Matt the modulator housed a thingamakit bleep-synth in an the box from a Velleman amplifier kit. Nice use of available resources – and it looks pretty dang cool to boot! – Thingamakit_2 on Flickr More: ThingamaKIT build photos
I think we can all admit that there’s something magical about the 8mm film format. Before there was VHS, and way before there were digital video cameras, there was Super-8, pretty much the only game in town if you were trying to get your memories turned moving pictures without spending thousands of dollars. This could […]
