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This convenient suitcase-based drumset reminds me of my slightly less convenient portable junk guitar. Neato. via make
This past summer I added an RFID access control system to one of the labs of a certain professor. I designed a PCB to control up to six electric strikes with an Arduino. It’s a straightforward circuit that switches 12V onto half a dozen transistors. It’s meant to work with iClass R15 RFID readers from [...]
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This one. Whoa! It’s a blurb about the BeatSneaks entitled “Dance to Your Own Melody” in the back in the Yellow Pages section. So famous right now. You should read it, it’s a very nice magazine full of colourful pictures.
It’s true! This Saturday, October 16th, at 7:00PM, I will be one of the featured speakers at Site 3′s first Lightning Talks event. A lineup of speakers will each give quick, pithy, five-minute talks on topics of their choosing. Look out for: Seth Hardy on Flame Effects Jonathan Guberman on his magical typewriter Tom Hobson [...]
Last night Site 3 brought Flux and Fire, an interactive flame-effect installation to the streets of Toronto as a part of Nuit Blanche. Following the success of The Heart Machine – another, larger, and more elaborate fire sculpture – at this year’s Burning Man, the installation consists of a proximity sensor-laden platform surrounded by a [...]
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This crazy person, French radio enthusiast Claude Paillard, makes his own vacuum tubes. Ooh. This video’s been kicking around the internet for a while, but if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth at least the time it takes to watch it. The process is quite beautiful. So much precision, patience, and attention to detail. Paillard’s [...]
For a long time, one of the USB ports on my laptop has refused obstinately to work. When I peeked inside, I found that the pins had been forced back inside the computer and were beyond being forced back in the right direction. So I made this little modification: It’s a four pin female header, [...]