Weekend Projects

From DeArmond to Photoresistors, the Optical Tremolo Box Looks and Sounds Great!

From DeArmond to Photoresistors, the Optical Tremolo Box Looks and Sounds Great!

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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The Optical Tremolo Box was inspired by Charles Platt’s “Stomp Box Basics” article (MAKE Volume 15, page 82), which theorized using a light sensor to read patterns on a rotating disk to create a tremolo effect. Taking the project from theory to reality, MAKE Technical Editor Sean Ragan used a cadmium sulfide photoresistor to provide us with our light sensor. Watch the video to see – and hear! – this project in action.

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Deploy Weekend Projects to Send Sensor-Activated SMS Alerts

Deploy Weekend Projects to Send Sensor-Activated SMS Alerts

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Cellular Sensor Sentinel is a fun and accessible way to explore basic sensors while simultaneously learning about core cellular protocols GSM & GPRS.

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Weekend Projects Hangouts On Air – “Drawdio” Musical Pencil LIVE Today at 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET

Weekend Projects Hangouts On Air – “Drawdio” Musical Pencil LIVE Today at 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Join us at the scheduled time for our fifth Weekend Projects Hangouts On Air. We’ll be talking with Jay Silver, maker of the Drawdio and MaKey MaKey musical invention kit.

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Wear Your Heartbeat with a Pulse Sensor and Weekend Projects

Wear Your Heartbeat with a Pulse Sensor and Weekend Projects

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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The Beatband Sleeve joins a long list of projects attempting to read the human-mechanical heartbeat and visualize it as an electrical signal. Whether using midi controllers or operational amplifiers or infrared technology (and more recently IR in combination with an op-amp), makers love wearing their heartbeats as pendants or simply displaying it numerically on a […]

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Song Devocalizer Hangouts On Air – LIVE NOW!

Song Devocalizer Hangouts On Air – LIVE NOW!

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Whether you’re an aspiring singer-songwriter or simply want to focus on an instrument in one of your favorite songs, you’ll want to remove the vocals track. Hardware and software options are available, but what if there was a quick plug-n-play solution? Charleston, South Carolina-based maker Jeffrey M. Goller stumbled upon what would become the Song […]

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Bump Up The Jam with Weekend Projects

Bump Up The Jam with Weekend Projects

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Use dual LM386 amplifiers to build this portable two-channel bass bump headphone accessory. The amps will give you an added boost of low-frequency spectrum that will immediately change the way you listen to music. It’s battery-powered and rechargeable so you can bump your jams wherever you go.

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Weekend Projects HOA – Easy LED Color Organ LIVE NOW

Weekend Projects HOA – Easy LED Color Organ LIVE NOW

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Join us at the scheduled hangout time to watch LIVE as we talk with Akimitsu “The LED Artist” Sadoi about his LED color organ projects, and demo our own build of his circuit on solderless breadboard.

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