Make audio circuits sing higher and lower. Thanks go to Peter Edwards for the original article in MAKE, Volume 23. To download The Easy Pitch Control Hack video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Easy Pitch Control Hack article in MAKE Volume 23 This Weekend Project is sponsored by Livescribe.
Make audio circuits sing higher and lower. Thanks go to Peter Edwards for the original article in MAKE, Volume 23. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Jim Sellers (Oregon, WI) built this lovely Slink-O-Matic Slinky-playing machine. Why? Why not? D’uh. It “slinks” a slinky for you, at times when there are no stairs and you just have to… Also useful in determining whether one is in the northern or the southern hemisphere. Due to Coriolis forces it will “slink” from right […]
…but non-lepidopterists will probably be hard-pressed to figure that out just by looking at it. The video rates high on the jaw-dropping scale. The ChouChou electric butterfly is, in fact, a lepidoteroid robot, of sorts, from Japanese firm Tenyo Magic. It perches, flexes and flaps its wings, and flutters around its jar when disturbed. Preorderable now from JapanTrends.com. [via NOTCOT]
The countdown to Maker Faire Detroit is on! We’re really excited to be bringing the Faire to the home of American making, and we hope you’ll join us at The Henry Ford on July 31 and August 1. We recently caught up with Matthew Switlik of Detroit hackerspace i3 Detroit to chat about what he’s […]
Spin activated lights for your butterfly yo-yo. Thanks go to Eric Chu for the original article in MAKE, Volume 22. To download The LED Yo-Yo video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete LED Yo-Yo article in MAKE Volume 22 and you can see it in our Digital Edition.
Spin activated lights for your butterfly yo-yo. Thanks go to Eric Chu for the original article in MAKE, Volume 22. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
