Steve writes in – I am a high school teacher considering making an application for a technology $1,500 grant. I have this crazy idea that since kids are constantly on their iPods, etc. the best way we could reach them is with pod casting Everyday we just put the assignments, helps, homework. Etc. on the […]
Continue ReadingYou still have over a week to make an LED pumpkin. Go check out the Weekend Projects Podcast: Make A Programmable LED Pumpkin and then download the pdf instructions and you’re good to go. To make it easy, subscribe in itunes and have the video and the pdf instructions downloaded automatically for you!
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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