Derek writes – In order to promote the art of circuit bending and the BENT festival, Absurdity.Biz has uploaded the first BENT festival documentary dvd online in its entirety for free viewing. Shot at the first international circuit bending festival for Absurdity.Biz’s ongoing Circuit Bending documentary, it later became a side-project DVD series sold at […]
Looks like fun, perhaps a little frustrating to control – Motors inside the ball work against a counterweight to allow it to move without external wheels. I believe certain pitches and sequences control how it moves. It can also play music itself–a piezo actuator uses the entire outer shell as a speaker to play back […]
We all have seen tons of hacks for the iPhone and the Nintendo DS, but this one is a bit different. The iBand is a musical collaboration between (2) iPhones and (1) Nintendo DS. They don’t have much on their site, but they claim more information, and songs, will be posted soon. – Link
Kalimba hacker Yapruder, whose work we’ve blogged about before, continues to push the thumb piano envelope with this teeny-weeny number made with sewing needle tines and a shard of plastic-chrome from a car accident (“Makes sound but very difficult to hold.”). Piniature Kalimba scale shot [Thanks, Patti!] – Link Related: Altoid tin pocket thumb piano […]
“Build Your Own Clone” has a ton of different DIY guitar FX pedals that are all ready to be soldered up and plugged in. Most of the pedal kit links feature a video so you can see and hear the pedal in action. For those of you out there that are a little fearful of […]
