Mystery iPhone musical instrument – World’s most expensive ocarina
MAKE Japan is having a meet up, check out this iPhone instrument! It looks like 3 iPhones mounted to a laser cut body and the player “blows” to produce music!
Computers & Mobile
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NEC announces universal translator … sorta, kinda
NEC announced what could be an early, real-life version of the universal translator – NEC said the Tele Scouter was intended to be a business tool that could aid sales staff who would have information about a client’s buying history beamed into their eye during a conversation. But, it said, it could also be put […]
PYMT, a multi-touch library for Python
Interested in building programs with fancy multi-touch interfaces? Speak Python? Well, in that case you might want to have a look at PYMT.
Arduino in Unity3D
Unity3D hacker Pieter Floris writes in to say that he’s finally got his Arduino connected compass controlling a camera in Unity3D. The barrier of entry continues to be lowered by projects like this. Kudos, Pieter!
How-To: Custom wooden case for wireless charging mat
Instructables user jvalal didn’t like the look of his Powermat inductive device charging station, so he stripped out the guts and “re-skinned” it with a handmade wooden case.
SPARK Project #3, Post #2
Blinking an LED and transmitting text to a serial terminal is not the most exciting thing in the world, but it’s very cool to breathe life into a balky computer, even at the most basic level. Also, I have worked with enough development tools to know that it can be a lot of work going […]
Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest launches today!
It’s here! The Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest launches today! Put on your thinking caps and dream up some awesome gadgets! To celebrate the release of the newest Alex Rider book, Crocodile Tears, and the Kids of All Ages edition of MAKE (both at bookstores today), we’re thrilled to be running this contest.
