Podcasting

Lemelson Center: Video & Audio

Lemelson Center: Video & Audio

The Lemelson Center has a great video and audio podcast to check out, I’ve watched a few of these and they’re all great… Chuck Hoberman’s unfolding world – Chuck Hoberman, artist and engineer, discusses his innovative unfolding structures. Tom Newby makes the Muppets move – Tom Newby explains how he brought Kermit the Frog, Miss […]

Broadcast your podcast

Broadcast your podcast

Broadcast your podcast shows you how to make your own FM transmitter to broadcast your own music / audio show – “BYP offers podcasters the chance to transmit their podcasts on FM. BYP units are handmade FM transmitters made by BYP following the circuit design of micro radio pioneer Tetsuo Kogawa. By connecting a BYP […]

Now Hear This – Popular Science podcast

Now Hear This – Popular Science podcast

Popular Science has a new podcast you can download / get via iTunes, the first episode is about project MyLifeBits “In the future, will everyone have photographic memories? Gordon Bell discusses his quest to digitally capture all the events of his life for a project called MyLifeBits. He predicts that advances in miniaturization and data […]

HOW TO – Make a microphone blimp

HOW TO – Make a microphone blimp

Gezortenplotz writes – “Wind across a microphone causes distortion and unwanted noise for videographers and nature recorders while taping outside. The purpose of the microphone ‘blimp’ is to attenuate the wind noise without interfering with the desired sound. Blimps are expensive. This project came in under $40. Mics are interchangeable in this blimp [if the […]

Build an I-mic

Build an I-mic

Michael writes – “I remember building this impressive microphone myself a few years back. A great low-cost harmonica microphone built from secondhand stuff anyone can find in their local supermarket plus a few components that can be found in any electronics shop. At the worst the parts should cost around $8.” – Link.