NYC Resistor

Learn about the Reware project, see how to easily install GNU/Linux and Pd on your Palm TX, and see some example projects.

We’ve been working since July on making it easy to hack old devices and run new software on them. Coming soon, a image for running Pd, Python, and Lua programs on PDAs, as well as a HOWTO for making Pd patches for 1-5G iPods. The key idea is to turn old PDAs, mobile phones, etc. into something like an Arduino, where you can easily upload your own code to the device.

For more info, check out our Reware dev site

Make:NYC was once again hosted at NYC Resistor. This event is a free event open to all… with one requirement. People who show up are expected to get their hands dirty and make things. At the last meeting we had a windmill energy challenge. 4 teams created windmills in an attempt to generate the most energy. We had some exceptional results. You can find out more about Make:NYC at www.makenyc.org.

Last night as we were preparing for the party, Eric broke out his camera and took this cool video of my LED Cylinder project. Thanks Eric!

More details on the project, including schematics and sourcecode, are available at http://dclausen.net/projects/ledcyl/.

If you want to learn how to make projects like this, check out our classes! We have several electronics and LED classes coming up, including Introduction to LEDs next weekend and Building LED Displays the weekend after that. Also you should come to our Party / Art of the Game Gallery Show tonight (Saturday, July 26, 2008) to see this project and a bunch of other cool things on display.

Gian Pablo, maker of this sweet algorithmic synth forces Wall-E to rock out. Gian Pablo has been known to teach synth making classes at NYCR so keep your eyes on the upcoming classes page if you’re interested.

Wall•E and the Rhythmic Synth from Gian Pablo Villamil on Vimeo.

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So here’s a quick preview of the LED Array Jacket. I’m pretty excited it’s managed to light. Currently I am redesigning the driver circuit and boarduino to work with non-solid core wiring and to be more elegant and clean. But I thought this might wet your appetites.

Due to Julia Stiles being “elite”, and a “console cowboy” on “the wired” we have decided to put forth an invitation to Julia Stiles to become an official friend of Resistor. Julia please contact us at your earliest convenience.

This is a Macintosh 512k which I upgraded to run OS X by replacing the innards with a modern Mac Mini and various supporting components, including a grayscale CRT monitor, an LS-120 floppy disk drive, and a microcontroller-based USB device that interfaces the Mini to the original keyboard and mouse. Why? Mainly because I wanted to experiment with creating a custom USB device. Also I guess I wanted to waste hundreds of dollars and countless hours building a semi-useless computer with a 9 inch black and white screen and no arrow keys.

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Nick got his lily pad to say hello world, which in microcontroller-speak means that he got an LED to blink on and off.

It was a bit tricky because the arduino code version 10 hadn’t come out yet, so he was working with the alpha code. After some poking around, the official version 10 code still isn’t out. Here’s the alpha version. - Link

After I get another two videos up, I’ll get us set up with an itunes channel. If someone wants to make a better intro and outro for these videos, go for it!

The above video is hosted at blip.tv which is my favorite place. - Link
There’s an audience at youtube so I slapped it there too. - Link