April 2013

Guitar Tuner for the Blind Hack

    Guitar tuners are quite common these days. Only problem is that they use displays or LEDs to indicate how the tuning process is going. Sam from J44 Industries made a guitar tuner that a blind person can use for a charity called Remap. His design starts with an off the shelf guitar tuner, only problem with this one is that it used LEDs for visual feedback. He used

Robotic Music - The Human Element Album Released

   Patrick Flanagan who we saw a few years ago has just released an album, you can get The Human Element by Zazari for free here. To see what other cool things Patrick is doing be sure to check out his blog. “I’ve just released my first EP, The Human Element, which is available for free download at Bandcamp (jazari.bandcamp.com) and SoundCloud. All of the percussion instruments on the album

3D Printed Speakers

  Check out these 3D Printed Speakers, they have been printed with 2 different materials. This allows the design to have something that resembles a ton of square light pipes. With some addressable LEDs on the inside it sure puts on a show!  “These speakers are composed of two components that are 3D printed simultaneously: 1. Flexible rubber base (Objet TangoBlackPlus) 2. Clear crystal-like protrusions (Objet VeroClear) The clear crystals

Pulse Jet Go Cart

  MrBen527 has been spending some time developing a cool looking Pulse Jet Go Cart, I am a bit surprised at how receptive his neighbors are. I think his creation would be a bit more annoying than a barking dog. Watch this video to see his creation in action. MrBen527 is also creating a new version of the engine that can be seen here, this one should put on a

Hard Drive Hamster Wheel

     Felipe La Rotta from Cocodrilabs had a noisy hamster wheel. Hamster wheels like most other mass produced pet items are made as cheap as possible, that means that you won’t find a smooth spinning bearing in your hamster wheel. His solution was to make a Hard Drive Hamster Wheel. Most of us have a few used hard drives sitting around that will never be powered up again and