Niklas Roy created this quirky 1-bit sythesizer, which is operated with felt balls and a hammer and housed in a hollowed out log. He’s also written a fun tutorial about how he made it if you’d like to try making your own! [thanks Aram!]
Artist Nitsan Debbi created a series of working baked electronic products by removing the original cases to clocks, radios, and flashlight, and then baking them into new bread exteriors. [vis lustik]
Our old friend Becky Stern is at it again with this recent video she made for Adafruit industries that explains how to make a techy and crafty dog collar that keeps track of your walks and fits into a frilly bow. More: How-To: Leather Dog Collar @Craftzine.com blog DIY Dog House @Craftzine.com blog Knit Dalek […]
Vimeo user superquadratic posted this video of an amazing music sequencer that is operated using LEGO pieces. It was made at this year’s ADVANCE HACKATHON in Cologne. [via Adafruit]
Michael Colombo over at MAKE spotted this terrific belt that detects bad posture by Ellen Sundh. Using an arduino, a wave shield, a sensor, and a speaker, the belt alerts you when your back is too curved and urges you to correct it!
I have an elderly iPad, and our Dodocase finally bit the dust (before you think less of its durability, keep in mind that it survived a year of abuse from a 2-year-old). I’ve been wanting to make a case since most of the ones out there are for the newer iPads, and I saw this […]
From our colleagues at MAKE, here’s a cool project to try this weekend! The Solar Joule Bracelet combines two separate projects — a solar battery and a “joule thief” — to build a wearable circuit that powers an LED. Solar energy flows through the photodiodes, building up a supercapacitor, which essentially acts like a battery. […]
