AUTOMATED DRUM

A team of three PhD students constructed this ‘multi-mallet automatic drumming instrument (Madi)‘. Their Expressive Machines musical Instruments site is dedicated to building instruments like this and they recently showed their work at the first annual Guthman musical instrument Competition. A ‘low-stakes X Prize’ for musical instruments. 25 applicants were …

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HACKED INSTRUMENTS contend

The very first annual Guthman musical instrument competition shown to be a extremely fascinating location to be as hacked musical instruments competed for $10,000 in prizes. 60 people used as well as 25 were selected to show off their hacked together, strange, as well as whimsical instruments. There were all …

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ASK HACKADAY: HACKING LINGO stops working

Ah, CSI. What other television show might present digital forensics with such two-bit dialogue? It’s time when once again to put on your hacker hats – a red fedora, we assumption – as well as tell us the worst hacker dialogue you’ve seen in movies or TV. We’ve seen a ton …

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WINET, WIRELESS ARDUINO TOUCHSCREEN

Liquidware has put together an fascinating set called the WiNet. It has a battery powered touchscreen managed by an Arduino. utilizing an XBee shield, it can send commands to a paired XBee as well as Arduino connected to a computer. The computer can likewise update the touchscreen display. This is …

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UNIQUE LI-ION BATTERY TESTER

[moris_zen] found himself with a hand full of Li-Ion batteries and no good way to see what their capacities were. He built a this distinct tester really quick to get the job done. He’s using off the shelf components and a low-cost pocket view which he purchased in Taiwan for …

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