Collaborate Disseminate
As far as giving mechanical instruments electronic control goes, drums are probably the best candidate for conversion; learning to play them is challenging and loud for a human, but they’re …read more Continue reading Giving a Drum MIDI Input with Lots of Solenoids
If you’ve put in all the necessary practice to learn bike tricks, you’d probably like an appropriately dramatic soundtrack to accompany your stunts. A team of students working on a …read more Continue reading An Adaptive Soundtrack for Bike Tricks
For quite some time now, Marlin has been the firmware of choice for any kind of custom 3D printer, with only Klipper offering some serious competition in the open-source world. …read more Continue reading Keeping Snap and Crackle under Control with Prunt Printer Firmware
During Apple’s late-90s struggles with profitability, it made a few overtures toward licensing its software to other computer manufacturers, while at the same time trying to modernize its operating system, …read more Continue reading Bringing an Obscure Apple Operating System to Modern Hardware
Most people know that they shouldn’t plug strange flash drives into their computers, but what about a USB cable? A cable doesn’t immediately register as an active electronic device to …read more Continue reading An Open-Source Justification for USB Cable Paranoia
Both small children and cats have a certain tendency to make loud noises at inopportune times, but what if there were a way to combine these auditory effects? This seems …read more Continue reading Meowsic Keyboard MIDI Adapter Aims for Purrfection
Most of us spend our lives within reach of a device that provides a clock, stopwatch, and a timer – you’re almost certainly reading this article on such a device …read more Continue reading A Concentric Clock with Multiple Modes
Despite the repeated warnings of system administrators, IT personnel, and anyone moderately aware of operational security, there are still quite a few people who will gladly plug a mysterious flash …read more Continue reading A Remote-Controlled USB Rubber Ducky Clone
It’s a problem that few of us will ever face, but if you ever have to calibrate your scanning electron microscope, you’ll need a resolution target with a high contrast …read more Continue reading DIY Calibration Target for Electron Microscopes
The Functionalist design philosophy that Dieter Rams brought to Braun from the 50s to the 90s still inspires the look of a few devices, including Apple’s iPod, Teenage Engineer’s synthesizers …read more Continue reading A Modern Take on Iconic Industrial Design