Folded into shape and held together with a couple of rubber bands, the Blinky from d-school pals Liv and Léa holds a standard roll of 35mm film that’s manually advanced using wooden dowels. It’s compact size offers ease of use and the standard film size makes processing a snap.
Our own Michael Colombo created an instrument called the Magnetotron as a project for his New Interfaces for Musical Expression class at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Inspired by the glass armonica and the Mellotron, this instrument is made out of a large spinning cylinder with audio cassette tape glued to it. Recorded on each strip of audio tape is a different note, which can be played by placing paddles on them.
Know someone who really wants to get into electronics? Check out the Make: Electronics book and the companion Components Packs! Make: Electronics by author Charles Platt is a well written book that uses hands on experiments that build on each other.
Science communication designer David Harris wanted to make a unique toy for his nephew Charlie, who was born with cerebral palsy. Charlie’s vision is poor but he’s very tactile and auditory, so David designed a location-aware teddy bear that reads RFID tags and plays different customizable sounds depending on where it is or what object […]
One of the many cool open source initiatives we’ve been keenly following here at MAKE is the Open Source Ecology project and their Global Village Construction Set (GVCS). They’ve been on our radar ever since they won our Green Project Contest at the beginning of the year.
Sterling Johnson has childhood memories of being fascinated by blowing bubbles, even learning how to make them using only soap and his own hands. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he uses a variety of simple devices to create both massive bubbles and swarms of smaller bubbles.
Did you know that you can make your own holograms? Matt Richardson shows you how to do just that with the Litiholo Kit, available in the Maker Shed:
http://www.makershed.com/DIY_Hologram_Kit_p/mklh1.htm&Click=37845
For more information about the science behind holography, check out:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/hologram.htm
