KineticWorld

.:: Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Make: Live Featuring Kinetic Contraptions

"Make: Live airs tonight! Don’t miss our mechanics episode where guests Lenore Edman, Windell Oskay (in the picture), and Dustyn Roberts join us to show off their kinetic projects"

Posted at 10:08 AM by CTP |

.:: Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Mad Scientist Artist Garage Sale - Berkeley - Feb 5 & 6

MAD SCIENTIST ARTIST GARAGE SALE
@ XIAN STUDIOS
February 5th & 6th
11am - 6pm

XIAN STUDIOS
1037 Murray St.
Berkeley, CA 94710

(one block south of Ashby, off San Pablo Ave. Up the street from Urban Ore)
MAP: http://goo.gl/maps/PPFN

We've got an incredible collection of gear here at our art space and it's time to get rid of it! Incredible prices! Priced to move! Deals Deals Deals!

Art - Art Supplies - Electronics
Circuit Boards - Stereo Equipment
Speakers - Computers - Printers
Hard Drives - Monitors - Servers
Electric Motors - Photography
Camera and Video Gear - Tripods
Clothing - Fabric - Jewelry - power tools
Furniture - Couches - Chairs - Tables
Metal Halide Lights - Books
Motorcycles and Parts - Cars - Bicycles
Wood - Metal - Fans - Heaters
Kitchen Stuff - Blender - Coffeemaker
2002 Ford Th!nk Electric Vehicle
1987 Peugeot 505 Sedan (low mileage, runs great!)
Electric Vehicle Parts (motors, controllers, etc)
Solar Inverters - RGB LED Rope Lights
Video Projectors - Electrostatic Air filters

Posted at 1:35 PM by CTP |

.:: Friday, January 14, 2011

Arduino - The Documentary

Arduino The Documentary (2010) English HD from gnd on Vimeo.

We've been anticipating this production for a while, and it's finally ready - Arduino The Documentary is, well, just that. Just watch it :)

Posted at 4:23 PM by CTP |

.:: Friday, July 09, 2010

Beer Can Leslie Speaker

Where to begin....?

For starters, if you don't know what a Leslie Speaker is, click here, then come back.

Over at Beavis Audio Research (one of my favorite places for circuits, effects, amps, oscillators, and sonic glee and madness) he has tried to build a rotating speaker using a beer can.

Why would one try to do this? I'm not going to comment on that because I do dumb crap too, all the time, in the name of science...otherwise known as just killing time and keeping my brain out of trouble.

Posted at 11:09 AM by CTP |

.:: Thursday, July 08, 2010

Diavolino - New Arduino Clone

Just when I wondered if the world needed yet another Arduino clone, along comes one that I actually need. It comes unsoldered, which is great for end use versatility. It has the usual Arduino connector footprint so will work with shields. It doesn't have USB on board which saves money and height. It's red and has flames (of course that's a selling point for me - YMMV) All that for $13! This is pretty sweet.

From the EMSL site:
"Diavolino ("little devil") is a low-cost, easy to build Arduino-compatible development board.

Diavolino has the form factor of an Arduino Duemilanove or Arduino Pro, but with nicely rounded corners and a striking appearance.

It's a low-profile through-hole version, with a simplified design. It's based on a ATmega328P microcontroller, and comes pre-flashed with the Arduino bootloader. Open source design, with bare basics hardware."

Go buy one by clicking here.

Posted at 2:28 PM by CTP |

.:: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Irregular Incurve Robotic Instrument

Over at ITP, Xiaoyang Feng created the Irregular Incurve as part of his thesis. As Hack-a-Day describes it:

it’s a midi instrument with an array of 12 strung bows mounted to a curved shower rod. the end of each bow has a tuning key. the strings are each picked using independently mounted arms. one servo controls the downward motion of the pick while the other controls the rotation of the shaft. a damper is also attached to each arm. the string vibrations are transferred to a spruce soundbox under the bridge.

There is also video of the instrument in action:

itp 2009 Irregular Incurve string keytar thingy from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

I think that what I like about this piece is that it works from the opposite direction that a lot of work has been going, which is instead of focusing on the interface, and what it is that the audience interacts with, it instead focuses on side of the mechanics of the sound's creation. And I appreciate that. Great piece!

Posted at 11:29 AM by Ian |

.:: Thursday, February 12, 2009

Schematic Fragments at Beavis Audio

Over at Beavis Audio they've posted a page of handy schematics. I love keeping schematic blocks like this within easy reach as I always seem to need a quick and simple oscillator, amplifier, or filter of some sort.

From the post:
"With all the bits of schematic goo I've been obsessively drawing over the years, it seemed like a good idea to put some of the fragments and misc blocks up on a page. Here it is: Blocks and Fragments. I'll update this page over time as I draw up new things. Note that most are fragments and some are unverified, but there should be some useful bits in there for you."

Posted at 2:09 PM by CTP |

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