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We are Hacks – Live music & visuals @ HOPE

We are Hacks – Live music & visuals @ HOPE

Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic/createdigitalmotion is curating the A/V performance lineup @ the soon-to-be-now Hackers On Planet Earth conference – live music: Ezekiel Honig (Anticipate/Microcosm founder) explores warmth in electro-acoustic music “into a comfortable space between techno, house and ambient” Ben Neill, “mad scientist of dancefloor jazz” (CMJ Magazine) continues to evolve live music with his […]

Orientation aware camera

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Andrew from Boulder, CO created an orientation aware USB camera and imaging software to go with it – First I built a circuit to make it so I could read a 3-axis magnetometer and a 3-axis accelerometer over USB, just for the heck of it. Then later, while trying […]

Bent Fest ’07 NYC – DVD trailer

Bent Fest ’07 NYC – DVD trailer

Wow – thought I was the only one who played the Saxxy. Derek writes – Thanks to all the Make staff and community for the continued support of the Bent Festival. Shot and Mastered in HDV, Absurdity.Biz continues the Circuit Bending Documentary Project with the release of Bent 2007 NYC widescreen SD-DVD. Help support the […]

Candid bird cam

Candid bird cam

Bob writes – Your “Animals caught on tape” article reminded me of my project last year, where I put a webcam in a bird house and captured videos of the nest, the eggs, the babies, and feedings. At my web site, I have a page describing the construction of the bird house and the software […]

Slime-o-tron maker interview

Slime-o-tron maker interview

Eric of LEMUR talks trons, slime, and sound – Eric Singer has more than just a penchant for making his musical bots. In fact, he has a separate category altogether for very innovative musical controllers he creates and calls “Trons.” Here, we take our first look at the Slime-o-Tron – a controller that works by […]