Bananaphone: Fruit Actuated Synth
Using a Propeller Quickstart, some basic electronic components, and eight bananas, Jeff Ledger created a gnarly sounding touch capacitive synth.
DIY Projects
Lego Mario Bros Aquarium
Redditor jennyleighb’s roommate built a seascape from Lego with a Super Mario Bros. theme. I’m not sure how much the fish appreciate it, but this is definitely the most geek-tastic fish tank I’ve ever seen.
Motorized Scrap Wood Sitar
Vulpestruments just announced the completion of the Droneitar, a two-stringed instrument that has drone strings powered by a string attached to an electric motor. In fact, the coils from another electric motor are used as a pickup for the device. Rich Stephenson demonstrates the sonic possibilities of the Droneitar in the video.
3D Printed Mintronics: Menta Case on Thingiverse
ThingM’s TodBot wasn’t content in keeping his Mintronics: Menta (available in the Maker Shed) in the included tin so he 3D printed his own!
How-To: Old-School Red-Blue 3D Photos and Videos on the Cheap
Good old red-blue anaglyphic 3D works on ordinary screens, can be printed using any color printer, and requires only super-cheap glasses for viewing. Steve White wanted to see how cheaply he could build a digital camera rig for creating red-blue 3D stills and video. His goals included real-time preview ability, focus and parallax control, and […]
Tiled Vespa Flower Pot
Artists take a broken-down Vespa, tile it, and turn it into a garden flower pot.
MAKE Asks: Tricky Troubleshooting
Make: Asks is a new weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column will spark interesting conversation and that we’ll get to know more about each other.