This cool shield hack for the Arduino controller called the “ArduinoBoy” lets you interface it to any MIDI input to trigger sounds on a standard Gameboy. To get started, just use an existing Arduino protoshield, and scrap the breadboard for some custom circuitry and components outlined at the link below. ArduinoBoy, via Create Digital Music
This is very interesting, Nintendo has a new DS coming out (the DSi) – has a camera, web browser and you can download games. This is a super powerful computer with a lot of add-ons, great for hacking, great for homebrew stuff and all likely pretty cheap. Look how many projects came out when the […]
Pandora, the open, highly hackable console is available for pre-order, looks pretty nice. Not open source hardware, but not too shabby! More @ wikipedia and their site… The Pandora system will have an open source, Linux-based OS. The Pandora is designed to be a handheld game console, with PDA capabilities. One of the main uses […]
This 4 Oscillator Opto-Theremin is built into a standard Nintendo Gameboy using a Quad 4093 Schmitt Trigger IC, 4 1uf electrolytic caps, 4 Photo-Resistors in the 140k Ohm Range, and 4 Diodes. Check out the rather small video on the link below to see it in action and listen to the effect it produces. Pretty […]
Michelle at Craft found this awesome crocheted Darkmantle – and it’s a hat!
Sebastian’s work interfacing with old Sega hardware for sound synthesis seems to be paying off – and the results sound quite nice – In this video, the Sega Mega Drive II is controlled via the MIDI keyboard controller. Various parameters can be controlled from the keyboard, as one can hear in the video. – Sega […]
Defective Yeti (Matthew Baldwin, one of my favorite bloggers, funny and smart) has once again graced his faithful readers with a three part review of Halloween games – the first post is about zombie games. I think it’s neat that one of them, Zombie in my Pocket, is a print-and-play. Last Night on Earth: The […]
