Todd Lappin, MAKE contributor and current guest blogger on Dinosaurs and Robots, has a strange collection compulsion that I don’t share, but I can totally understand. He has a control panel fetish. Hey, now. Don’t judge. Everybody is wired differently. Todd just happens to be wired to toggle switches, panel lights, and needle gauges. And […]
Two German engineers have turned the Wii Balance Board into a computer input device for doing such things as flying over Google Earth and controlling avatars in Second Life. Fly in Google Earth using the Wii Balance Board [via]
wigidy-wigetty-Woah, Nintendo DS homebrew software has come a long way! DScratch is the first module made using my Protein engine – it’s a little audio manipulation software running on Nintendo DS, which ables you to play with an .wav audio sample, a recorded audio sample or even audio streaming from DS’s embedded mic; you can […]
Texas-based artist/maker Paul Slocum has released a new version of his Commodore 64 synthesizer cartridge, “Cynthcart” which turns your Commodore 64 into a syntheziser that you can play like a keyboard. Version 1.2.4 includes 3 note polyphont, adjustable vibrato, portamento effect, dynamic pitch changing, a whammy bar, and more. Pretty nice way of retrofitting old […]
The Midiator kit converts a Playstation 2 controller for MIDI use Supports official PS2 controllers, cheap knockoffs and wireless controllers Analog joysticks control pitch bend and several controllers (or whatever you want them to do) Buttons either trigger notes or toggle controller signals LCD and menu system for mode switching (controller vs. note triggering) and […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Dave turned a Wii Guitar Hero controller into a full-on MIDI device – From the time i started playing guitar hero this last Christmas (i know, i’m a little late to the party) I just couldn’t help but think what cool real instrument it would be. I saw the […]
Andrew Salomone writes: This is a portrait I made of Abraham Lincoln’s face using a Scrabble board game and following the official rules used in Scrabble tournaments in order to do it. It’s also a reference to a painting by surrealist artist, Salvador Dali. He says he’s working on this piece for an upcoming show, […]
