Make a light activated instrument
Here’s a simple “light activated instrument with pitch and volume controlled by hand shadows” – [via] – Link.
DIY Projects
Orange juice battery
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rob Cruickshank writes – “The students in my electronics workshop wanted to see a battery made out of food. The calculator is powered by the zinc-plated screws and pennies in the orange. If you try this, don’t eat the orange afterwards!…” – Link.
HOW TO – Make a miniMinty MP3
Make your own miniMinty MP3 player – “…we set out to design the successor to Minty MP3. How about if it fits in an Altoids gum tin? What if it charges its internal Lithium Ion Polymer battery over USB and mounts itself as a Mass Storage Device? And if it runs for 12+ hours on […]
HOW TO – CD quality field recording rig
Atman writes – “…how to assemble a field recording system that is: battery powered, capable of six hours continuous record without recharge (and much more from the wall), CD quality (44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo), less than U$1000, and capable of being concealed in a handbag, backpack or jacket.” – Link.
Line Following LEGO Robot code
Greg writes – “Well, I sadly could not find my original code for my line following robot that I talked about a few months ago when I wrote the article on it. I was at my parent’s house last weekend, and was lucky enough to find it. I wanted to make it available for anyone […]
MiniPOV Kit: Build your own persistance of vision toy!
Here’s a little Maker Faire preview – “This workshop is a great introduction to microcontroller electronics. In this workshop, you will learn to solder and a little bit about microcontrollers when you build a MiniPOV kit. This kit is a simple “persistance of vision” toy, similar in theory to the “fanatzien clocks” you’ve probably seen. […]
Homemade computerized embroidery system
Meet the Robosew! – “After seeing some computerized home embroidering/sewing machines in operation, we were intrigued. But they were priced in the range of a good multimedia PC system. We next happened upon a store where a large, costly embroidery system was in operation making large jacket designs. This was in the price range of […]
