Boombox bikes
Oobject has a fun round-up of the sonic assault vehicles known as boombox bikes. And you thought that kid on the bus with the Walmart special slung over his shoulder was obnoxious. This one comes with instructions. Boombox bikes
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Floppy disk greeting cards
Here’s a craft project I could get into: turning all of those old 3.5″ floppy disks into turntables on greeting cards. Good way to wrap the ubiquitous iTunes Gift Card. Making a moving turntable greeting card from a floppy disk
The Eye-Pod Victrola
The folks at Steam Gear Lab made this wacky fully-functional Eye-Pod using a 1st gen Nano. Steam Gear Lab has broken the chains of small electronics obsolescence. Behold! The Eye-Pod Victrola! From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, Volume 17: The Lost Knowledge issue! Buy your copy in the Maker Shed Subscribe to MAKE Access the […]
Hardware/software synth for Arduino
Gijs posted details for building his “Hardware” Software Synthesizer 2 project using Arduino compatible parts. His prototype combines all components onto a standalone board but it appears this could easily be adapted to a standard Arduino. Altogether, it’s a whole lot of functionality with a relatively low part count. Features include – 6-bit resistor DAC […]
Story of the Telharmonium
This enjoyably quirky documentary tells the tale of Thaddeus Cahill’s Telharmonium, the monstrous forerunner of the analog synthesizer, making music before even the age of popular radio – The Telharmonium was a 200-ton behemoth that created numerous musical timbres and could flood many rooms with sound. Beginning with the first instrument, constructed in the 1890’s, […]
Snap-together Arduino control panels
I love all of the amazing boards, Shields, kits and other Arduino components and accessories that people dream up. Here’s a laser-cut control panel board/stand that Blushing Boy is giving away when you buy one of their Smapler-v0002 + ARDUINO Diecimila Kit (for ten buyers). Snap-on Design for Arduino boards
Neko Case gives MAKE some lovin’
Indie rock/alt.country artist Neko Case gave MAKE a shout-out during a recent CBC Radio 3 Sessions podcast. She was on the show promoting her new record, Middle Cyclone. Host Tariq Hussain asks her about the unusual instrumentation used on the title track. Turns out, they used “programmable” music boxes, the little paper-tape music machines where […]