It’s exciting to see this project progressing: first, Joe Bowers sent us his Arduino-based note visualizer (it blinked LEDs in sequence with the game’s notes). Now, he’s grafted the Guitar Hero controller’s board onto it. Joe mentioned having some difficulty sensing notes when the flame effects burst around the fret board. He’s had pretty good […]
[Photo from Pauric on Flickr] MAKE Flickr pool member Pauric is treating himself to a nice birthday month of making. Day 4 of my effort to make a lasting ‘heirloom’ object everyday for a month; a wooden case for my keyboard to go with the design desk project For one month, starting on my birthday, […]
Building on the original MintyBoost USB charger kit, this Instructables how-to will walk you through the steps of adding a Lithium Polymer battery pack and small solar cell. The extra capacity and added convenience of solar make this modification a must have for off-grid mobility.
In this vid, Jeri shows off the optic mice she’s stuffed into a Rubik’s Cube and an old NES controller, bringing the 80s into the 90s, courtesy of the Aughts (or something like that). Fat Man and Circuit Girl
YouTuber Startwave’s SX-150 guitar is rather excellent – a quick and terrible demonstration of my modded sx-150. i replaced the original slide thingy with a softpot from trossen robotics and i added an fsr (force sensitive resistor) to control volume or crazy resonance distortion (if the res is switched on). sounds nice, very expressive and […]
Using a handful of apps available on Android Market, the folks over at hdblog.it have transformed the stock Android interface into a detailed rendition of the iPhone interface complete with slide lock, dock, SMS, and icon themes. It even has a handy interface to change the color of the LED alerts. hdblog.it (Site is in […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Leadtowill posted this detail shot of a rather excellent mod/conversion – This was a cassette radio. I removed the motor etc and added an input to the amp section of the circuit, mounted a spring and converted the speaker to a driver with a knife – the result is a […]
