Weekend Project: Super TV-B-Gone
Are you sick of blaring TV’s? Wish you could do something about it?
Well you can with the this devious ultra-high-power version of the popular TV-B-Gone. Get yours at www.makershed.com
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Auduino space groove
Denkitribe posted this rather sweet demo of Tinker.it!‘s Arduino based sound synthesizer project, appropriately titled “Auduino”. While some delay/reverb+accompaniment have definitely been added, the sweet sounds of granular synthesis still shine through – I built one and plugged a stylus controller which was ripped from Gakken SX-150. It works very well. Its sound is dry […]
In the Maker Shed: Device Volume 1: Fantastic Contraption
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 […]
Playing the theremin room
MAKE subscriber Gregg Horton used a Thingamakit along with a hacked karaoke machine to create a rather large area of theremin-esque sound control. Cool – at around 2m30s in it does start working quite nicely! Check out more of Greg’s projects on the Groovy Pancakes blog. In the Maker Shed: Thing-a-ma KIT
In the Maker Shed: Editor’s Choice electronics bundle
Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This time we packaged 4 of our favorite electronics kits, along with a Maker’s Notebook, to make one fantastic bundle. This would be a great selection of kits for your next MAKEcation! The Editor’s Choice electronics bundle includes: (1) MintyBoost $19.99 value (1) MiniPOV kit […]
In the Maker Shed: Learn to solder bundle
Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This time it’s our Learn to solder bundle. This bundle includes a bunch of great products that will get you on your way to being a soldering pro in no time. Keep an eye out for a lot more great bundles exclusively in the Maker […]
This week in tweets
Well, we took the feedback people gave us when we posted news of the Twitter contest, designed to try and grow our Twitter community. Folks complained that our channel was little more than an RSS re-feed of Make: Online postings. So, we decided to kill the auto-feed and have the editors of MAKE and Make: […]