How-To: Position-sensitive MIDI drum pad
The SynPad uses four corner-mounted piezo sensors to determine the pressure and relative location of a given hit. The project can easily be made on the cheap, and turns out a pretty sophisticated A...
All Hands Active, Ann Arbor hackerspace, hosting Maker Faire brainstorm
The fine folks at All Hands Active, an Ann Arbor, MI hackerspace, are hosting a community-wide collective brainstorming session to explore what the Ann Arbor/Detroit hacker community can do at Make...
Plastic plywood substitute
I make a bunch of stuff out of plywood. A lot of it is utilitarian furniture--bookshelves, workbenches, occasional chairs and stools. I've been wishing for a long time that I could find a plastic ...
iPhone image stabilizer
People can shoot pretty decent video using smartphones. There's even been some interesting hardware solutions to improve the fact that you're still shooting video with a smartphone. When I ran acros...
Congratulations, Rebecca Karger, winner of the NXT set!
The gods of Random.org have crowned Rebecca Karger, a student at Horace Greeley High School, winner of our Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set. This is what Rebecca had to say about what she'd do with the s...
Schlitz box amp
If you have to ask why... Well, just don't ask why. [Spotted on the MAKE Flickr pool] (BTW: This is a cracker box amp, a la the project in MAKE Volume 09) Schlitz Amp Read more...
This week in Maker Events
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calendar. Wish your event was on the list? Add it ...