November 2009
Automatic sound-responsive puppet mouth
Guilherme Martins built this “talkie walkie” in response to a challenge to build a robot using only one servo. It responds to sound in real time, automatically controlling the movements of a lip-syncing paper mouth. [via Hack a Day]
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Jack White: "Es una era de agonÃa para la música...
El músico Jack White declaró que la industria de la música está en una “era de agonÃa”, y explicó cómo los artistas ahora tienen que usar “trucos” para hacer dinero, reporta Press Asociation.
El lÃder de White Stripes y The Raconteurs dijo que todas las reuniones que tuvo con discográficas fueron “depresivas” y que en 10 años va a ser difÃcil...
October 2009
Happy Halloween from MAKE
We hope you have a monstrously great Halloween and that you’ve had fun making costumes and home haunt decorations. If you did, please take pics and post them to the MAKE Flickr Pool.
Be safe, have fun, and may your treats be many and your tricks be few (unless, of course, you’re doing the tricking).
Your pals at Maker Media
Illustration by Seth, done for our Halloween special...
Mark Frauenfelder on NPR's Science Friday
Mark, MAKE’s Editor-in-Chief, was on NPR’s Science Friday yesterday, talking about how to “Geek Your Halloween.” You can hear the broadcast here.
Photo and pumpkin carving by Patrick Murray.
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Un prof de maths plein d'humour pour Halloween !
(Via GeekAreSexy)
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[AWAY] Parti 5 semaines en Australie
Je profite de cette fin d’année pour m’envoler vers l’Australie, profiter du
soleil et découvrir d’incroyables paysages. 5 semaines de repos bien mérité
après une année chargée en événements. Je serai de retour le 5 Décembre.
Mais je vous laisse entre de bonnes mains, j’ai donné l’accès Ã
l’administration du blog à quelques amis...
ARP Odyssey – kleiner Test
Just wrote this in german.
Habe grade nen kleinen Bericht zum  ARP Odyssey hier reingehauen.
AMAZONA.de – Vintage Synths > Blue Box: ARP Odyssey.
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Reuno and Uniform Motion Pictures
I’m always interested in how illustration can be moved off the page and into multimedia, and this group is doing just that. French illustrator Reuno (Renaud Forestie) is a member of the UK-based self-described folktronica and Illustrated Indie Folk band Uniform Motion Pictures. He illustrates live while the musicians play – kind of a contemporary […] http://bit.ly/xtTNN
Novation V-Station Greeg EDM Soundset - more info
First of all, I would like to say thank you for all who donated VstCafe. Since, that’s the first “product” delivered by VstCafe, it requires a little bit more information. If you have donated, please allow 24 hours for your Greeg EDM Soundset to be sent. Keep in mind that I’m sending this soundbank to the email address linked to your Paypal account. Also note that the file...
iPhone OS 3.1.2 Unlock Accomplished, Dropping...
Geohot, the same hacker who first jailbroke OS 3.1.2, is now also the first to crack the 3.1.2 baseband. Previously, anyone who had unlocked their phone at version 3.0 or lower was fine as long as they were careful when upgrading, but anyone running 3.1 or higher was out of luck. Good news for anyone looking to unlock a newly purchased device. You’ll have to be patient, though. The exploit...
Anatomy suit one-piece zombie costume
Well, OK, I think it’s really three pieces. But the head and body are a single piece which eliminates the neck seam and makes the effect way more realistic. Then each hand/forearm is one piece, but those seams are concealed by the tattered shirt. A commercial product from TheHorrorDome.com. [via Boing Boing]
Make: Halloween Contest 2009
Microchip Technology Inc. and MAKE...
Pumpkin abuse in the name of science
Over at the Periodic Table of Videos, their chemists put pumpkins through the ringer to demonstrate properties of various chemicals, states, and processes. Nice to see Halloween getting the whole “Peeps in the microwave” treatment. [Thanks, Shawn!]
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Kenya (Robinson) at LMCC Workspace: KONONO N°1...
KONONO N°1 ‘CONGOTRONICS’
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Afrofunk Festival 2009
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The event has passed, but I thought I’d share the website anyway…
5th Annual Afrofunk Music Festival
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The Sustainability Research Group goes farming
We have retreated to the farm for some good food, fresh ideas, and earthy adventures.
Posted via web from Whatâs Happening at Eyebeam
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Abby Denson, West Coast Book Signing Tour
Lulu Award winning cartoonist Abby Denson kicks off her West Coast tour here in Vancouver this weekend signing copies of her new comic, Dolltopia (preview it here). She’ll be in Portland and San Francisco following this. And in typical Abby-esque style: there will be cupcakes.
Here are the dates and locations for the book tour:
Vancouver:
Oct […] http://bit.ly/1S5uqB
Moog Halloween Theremin Videos
You might remember Moog’s Halloween Theremin Video Contest. The following are the entries. Enjoy and have a very Happy Halloween. Dyster Allhelgona - Happy Halloween
YouTube via simonthejedi “A quite swedish halloween movie, made with the latest in swedish film technology. Guitar and Theremin soundtrack. Enjoy! Lagom seriös Halloweenfilm för Moogtävling… Av Simon och...
AdrenaLinn Sync
“AdrenaLinn Sync is a new software plug-in from Roger Linn Design that provides the same unique beat-synced filter modulation and sequencing effects of our AdrenaLinn III guitar pedal. However, it goes even further, adding: * More Control — More parameters to fine-tune your filter modulation and filter sequencing effects. * More Randomness — Random sequence generation, random LFO...
Top 10 Apps that Boost Your Media Center
Streaming video, digital DVD backups, DVR recording—it’s all possible from your TV-connected media center, and you don’t need a system administrator to pull it off. These 10 apps make filling and controlling your media center PC even easier.
Photo by William Hook.
10. Give your tunes the covers they deserve
Your favorite band, assuming it’s not Motörhead, probably spend a...
safety woman
YouTube via PHAEDRIDER “bent casio sk1 and sk5 and bent speak and spell going off with lots of delay .. and featuring the beautiful sk1 flute. i recorded this about 3 years ago and today i set it to some weird safety video i found in public domain ..”
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The Home of All Things Mingering
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Since the future is made out of imagination, I figured Mingering Mike was an appropriate addition to the Afro-futurism conversation…
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A Chair Made From 10,000 Drinking Straws
Finally, a piece of furniture that goes with your drinking straw lamp. Perhaps next time designer Scott Jarve could create a bendy straw couch so that I could mold the seat to my ass better. [Jarvie via Make]
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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Officially Available for...
Windows/Mac/Linux: Mozilla just released the first official beta of Firefox 3.6, featuring built-in support for themes (Personas), improved performance, and more. Early adopters, your download is ready.
Last week we saw a test build of this release, but if you were waiting for the slight upgrade in early adopter usability, the official beta is here. In a nutshell, the updated features and...
Interactive fonts, for when 'bold' isn't enough
Can’t decide on a typeface for your next project? Why not choose them all, with Michael Flückiger and Nicolas Kunz’s Laika, the dynamic font generator. It’s a relatively straightforward concept, but could make for some cool visualizers. What if the text on your website ‘breathed’ with you, or melted when left in the sun? It could either be really cool, or...
Regen Reverb Is 3-Feet of Solar-Powered iPod Dock
If you thought Regen’s Renu solar-powered iPod dock was unbelievable, get a load of its big brother, the Reverb. It’s 3-feet tall and capable of cranking out 60 watts of power off of the sun’s rays.
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My guess is that you will need all 3-feet of that space to generate enough electricity to play your music for 4.5 hours at full volume/12 hours...
Alexandre Duret-Lutz: Wee Planets
by Adrienne So French photographer Alexandre Duret-Lutz creates his wee planets from everyday panoramas. Using eight of his own photos—six horizontal, one of the sky overhead and one of the ground—Duret-Lutz fuses them together using stereographic projection software and various open-source digital retouching tools. The effect is eerie and precious, as well as offering a new perspective on the...
Chris Ware's Halloween cover commentary
Dale posted a tweet about the Chris Ware cover of the latest New Yorker magazine. I think the cover is a brilliant commentary on our mobile-connected, interrupt-driven, Twitter and FB-obsessed lives, and maybe on some of the “phoned-in” parenting that goes on.
It instantly reminded me of an incident at Maker Faire Bay Are three years ago. I was running a Mousey the Junkbot...
Les Helpers n'aiment pas les clopes
Initiée par la Commission européenne dans le but de sensibiliser les jeunes
contre le tabac, âLes Helpersâ est une série animée, composée de 12 épisodes et
met en scène 3 super-héros qui essayent de sauver fumeurs et non-fumeurs des
méfaits du tabac, en leur prodiguant conseils et astuces improbables.
Ce qui est probable, c’est que les auteurs de la vidéo doivent consommer...
This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
In this week’s not at all scared app roundup: Nikon teaches a photography class, the NBA gouges its most devoted fans (and they like it), board games go digital, Disney gets app-y, and, well, Zombie Bikini Babes From Space!
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Nikon Learn and Explore: Tons of photos, shooting tips, a photography glossary and access to Nikon World magazine, all for free. Useful whether you carry a...
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Apple Ad God Lee Clow's Work — A Look Back
Lee Clow stepped down as the chief creative officer of TBWA/Media Arts Lab, Ad Age reports. Clow and TBWA/Media Arts were responsible for many of Apple’s most popular advertisements.
So, while he’s probably not a household name with the Apple faithful like Steve Jobs, or even Jonathan Ive, Clow left an indelible stamp on the company.
From its “1984” TV ad to the current...
A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened...
âMark Bradford is an artist who incorporates ephemera from urban environments into mixed-media works on canvas that are rich in texture and visual complexity. Though he has experimented throughout his career with many different artistic media, including public art, installations, and video, his signature and best-known work takes the form of massively scaled, abstract collages that he...
Lie-Nielsen chain-drive shoulder vise
There are vises, and there are vises. And there are those of us for whom vises are also vices. For we few obsessives cognoscenti, the price of this beautifully-designed chain-drive shoulder vise package may not be unreasonable. For the mechanically inclined, a remake would be totally do-able, and Lie-Nielsen is to be credited for not keeping any secrets about how it all goes together. ...
LEGO kitchen counter
Restrictive homeowners’ association preventing you from building your entire house out of LEGO? To help convince them of the importance of the brick, why not start by building a LEGO kitchen, like this one from designers Simon Pillard and Philippe Rosett. While not made entirely of lego (there is a fiberboard counter underneath the brick), it should be sure to earn you the respect of...
Google Maps Navigation fait des ravages en bourse
Alors que Google s’apprête à sortir un système de navigation gratuit et
puissant sur sa plateforme Android, les actions de ses concurrents chutent
inexorablement en bourse.
Résultat de l’annonce faite par Google sur le cours des actions de
ses concurrents :
La machine Google est vraiment redoutable !
Vidéo de présentation du service Google Maps Navigation
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Pratt’s Third+Bond; More Like Third+Awesome
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Happy Halloween: Exclusive Free Liz Revision Mix,...
The veil between the living and dead is growing thin, and I… uh, have some free music for you. Sorry, it turns out I don’t have a clever lead for this story, and my segue makes no sense. So let’s get to it!
Friend of the Site Liz McLean Knight aka Liz Revision aka Quantazelle of […] http://bit.ly/3EUfda
No Mas: Rumblevision
In celebration of the 35th anniversary of what is arguably one of the most historic sporting events of all time, NYC label/agency No Mas created Rumblevision—a set of three animated short films reinterpreting the fight between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman. Infamous quotes from the fight such as “I’m so mean I make medicine sick” and “float like a butterfly, sting like a...
Bulb ban begets Bye Bye Bulb
To quote The Smiths, there is a light that never goes out…well, conceptually, anyway. From Athens-based furniture designer Constantinos Hoursoglou comes the Bye Bye Bulb, a sort of product homage:
The minimal design aims to celebrate this iconic object of our civilization, without distractions, by placing it on a visual ‘pedestal’. Using an LED light source the bulb is...
Daily Design Snacks
A bite-sized list of what’s happenin’ now:
the sacramento bee Little-known HTC ready to bring its brand into the limelight
china daily 12 Time Spaces - A Concept Exhibition on Chinese Living Style
electronista Apple patenting wireless headset with media player
the wall street journal Interview with David Chipperfield, “One of the world’s most important...
ColorJive Helps Visualize Room Colors Before...
You want to re-paint a room, but you’re not sure if the color will look right—holding up a little color swatch only goes so far. ColorJive helps you paint the entire room in virtual space.
Upload a picture of your room—an evenly lit photo works best—and begin applying colors from the available palette. You can use the enormous palette from COLOURLovers to access a nearly infinite color...
Teach Me to Make classes in the Bay Area
Judy Castro and Michael Shiloh run a series of classes called “Teach Me to Make” on a variety of subject such as electronics and arduino, mechanical sculpture, and electromechanics. Classes are run out of The Crucible and The Shipyard. Michael writes:
More recently (2-3 months) I’ve been teaching classes at my workshop which is now back in The Shipyard. I hold two classes...
Rock Guitar Shirt
The thinkgeek’s Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt($30) includes its own mini amplifier and special magnet..(more…)
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Delia Derbyshire
YouTube via iiishtar videos: Delia Derbyshire/Nightwalker Delia Derbyshire/Frontier to Knowledge Delia Derbyshire/Freeze Frame Delia Derbyshire/Blue Veils and Golden Sand Delia Derbyshire/Air - 1971 Delia Derbyshire/Depression - 1971
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Flame: Six-in-a-Row Arrives at Analogue Haven
flickr by Analogue Haven “The Flame Six-in-a-Row sequencer is here! This multi-functional performance controller can act in various ways. The manufacturer has been hard at work to develop, for example, a Clip-Sequencer for Ableton Live, to turn the device into a general midi controller as well as refining its use as a matrix sequencer (see the Youtube video on our site). The software...
This Just Inbox: Femke DeVries Unstated Statements...
Unstated Statements 02 is the second part of a project by fashion and jewelry designer Femke De Vries to make ambiguous statements with clothing used most commonly as a platform for expression. Unstated Statements 01 is a series of t-shirts with holes cut out of them, and 02 (pictured here) fills plastic name tag holders with a sheet of gold or silver instead of a tag.
Though one could...
Core77 Forum Topic: Generational Communications
Featured Forum Topic of the Day: Generational Communications
by skyarrow in general design discussion
I have taken notice lately of a trend of younger people (not just designers) relying more and more upon email for communications with others…I am sort of a “middle ground” in terms of age and I use both email and phone calls to conduct my business…I am fascinated by the...
Designers Accord Madison Town Hall
Design Concepts, a product design and innovation firm, is hosting a Designers Accord Town Hall Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin on November 12th, to “help amplify the dialogue on sustainability in the region.”
The event will take place from 6-9 pm on November 12th at the Design Concepts office. The schedule is as follows:
6 -6:30 Networking with light, local appetizers and...
iPhone Launch in China: Little Buzz, No WiFi
The official iPhone launch in China was greeted with shorter lines than expected due to lousy weather and because about a million early adopters have already bought them on the gray market.
People did stand in line, just not super long ones — check out the empty red ropes — and a persistent drizzle certainly didn’t […]
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Talking Arduino Halloween skeleton
Samuel Seide brings us this animatronic talking skull Instructable. It’s motion-activated and uses a Waveshield kit for sound. [Thanks, Sam!]
More from Sam Seide:
Interactive Punch-Out arcade dummy
Tiny arcade machine is tiny
In the Maker Shed:
Arduino WaveShield Kit
Make: Halloween Contest 2009
Microchip Technology Inc. and MAKE have teamed up to present to you...