So during the Thursday craft night we received a request from one of the hackerspace folks for some time lapse videos of the space over a 24 hour period. They are working on a project that will no doubt be stupendous and magnificent. However this spawned a quick project.
Ok maybe it’s a little smaller than life-size, but it’s a hella fun way to play Katamari.
More details on how it’s put together can be found on my blog, kellbot.com
If we only had $6,000 to spare. Perhaps some kind soul would send one to NYC Resistor for us to play with. (srsly!)
Video embedded below. Original article here.
Super big props to Eric Skiff and Kellbot who were guests in this Things video! More info on my blog.
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.
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.
