MIDI Control by Peter Kirn. Music equipment language isn’t just for audio anymore. Page 158 – MAKE 7. Read this article now in the MAKE digital edition. Or get MAKE 07 as part of The Second Year from the Maker store and/or subscribe to MAKE (use code CMAKE for $5 off USD). You can view […]
This project replaces the internal electronics of a “Goofy Giggles” toy with an external board in order to give the toy more processing power to enable it to respond to external stimuli. More info and a how-to at the link below. A Brain Transplant for Goofy Giggles
This project was a challenge to create a wall avoiding rolling robot called “Walbot”. The bot uses an Arduino and is very effective at avoiding obstacles, almost giving it a neurotic personality. Check out the video for details and follow the how-to link below. Build a wall avoiding robot!
Mike Herbst describes, in detail, how to turn a regular refridgerator into a 55 degree wine cellar on the cheap. He provides many good tips for generalizing the problems of temperature regulation, energy use, and thermal mass.
Steve sent in his DIY Camera kaleidoscope he made form some scrap aluminum tubing. It works, but there are still some issues with alignment and focusing. I wonder what would happen if the tubing was polished on the inside, or how about cutting some mirror in strips, or metallic paper? Camera kaleidoscope Related: HOW TO […]
Gijs made this really nice synthesizer that sounds great. Make sure to check out the website, because it has a lot of photos, videos and MP3’s of the synth in action. It started out as a experiment to make a DSP with a atmel using the arduino language.. But the sound quality was kind of […]
Joey sent in his really nice Blu-Ray laser pointer that he made. His build is well documented, and there are a few features that make it unique. He said that you could even see the beam of light in a dark room, that’s cool. I focused on building a high quality device. I am really […]
