Collaborate Disseminate
If you’re a solo musician, you probably have lots of gear you’d like to control, but you don’t have enough hands. You can enlist your feet, but your gear might …read more Continue reading OpenMIDIStomper Makes Sure Your Gear Does What Your Foot Says
[juskim] wanted to build a tiny mouse, but it couldn’t just be any mouse. It had to be a high-tech gaming mouse that could compete with the best on raw …read more Continue reading Smallest Gaming Mouse Has Crazy Fast Polling Rate And Resolution
When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents …read more Continue reading South Korea Brought High-Rise Fire Escape Solutions To The Masses
Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had …read more Continue reading Why The Latest Linux Kernel Won’t Run On Your 486 And 586 Anymore
Modern RC cars can be pretty darn fast. That’s fun and all, but it also makes it easy to crash them into things. This problem inspired [Narrow Studios] to whip …read more Continue reading Adding Automatic Emergency Braking To An RC Car
Lego’s Technic line features all kinds of mechanical devices, from cogs to gears to chains and even pneumatic components. However, the vast majority of these components are made out of …read more Continue reading There Are Better Lego-Compatible Universal Joints Out There
There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effects ranging from the profound to the supernatural. The Pied Piper, for example, or the infamous “brown …read more Continue reading One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops
What if you electroplated a plastic 3D print, and then melted off the plastic to leave just the metal behind? [HEN3DRIK] has been experimenting with just such a process, with …read more Continue reading Blowtorching Electroplated 3D Prints For Good Reason
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a figure who was doomed to roll a boulder for eternity as a punishment from the gods. Inspired by this, [Aidan], [Jorge], and [Henry] decided …read more Continue reading Sand Drawing Table Inspired By Sisyphus
The humble piezo element is often used as little more than a buzzer in many projects. However, you can do more with them, as [Something Physical] demonstrates with their nifty …read more Continue reading Building a Piezo Noise Box