Current_tv segment on Etsy Labs' monthly Handmade Music nights. Homemade Music Makers [via] [Editor's note - The music nights usually with MAKE, but for this one the...

Instructables user dpearce1 made a solar-powered motorized trike, and an instruction set to go along with it. From the instructable: The purpose of this project is...

MAKE will be at HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth, July 18-20). We will be doing talks, having a mini-Maker Faire and I think this going to be one of the biggest...

A funny thing happened to Tim's LEDs while attempting to cast them in resin - For a project at work I had to mold some things in this hard clear polyurethane, so my...

Scaling up from the usual MIDI-to-solenoid designs - the Tonefloat milk/music delivery team plays the bottles. Artcar stars from across the pond, maybe they'd consider...

You all know we like our bicycles, but in Japan scooters rule. Pink Tentacle has a great collection of modified Japanese scooters. They all look really fast, but I...

All toy instruments should have MIDI jacks - The idea was to take a child's toy xylophone and get the computer to play it. Now I know that the computer is capable of...

How funl is this: A migrating mystery box o' electronics junk that may show up on YOUR doorstep. EMS Labs explains how it works: The Great Internet Migratory Box Of...

I-Wei thought his SwashBot 2 was cool and all, but had lost some of the character of his original SwashBot. So, he built a third version that combines the mobility of...

Christian Cerrito, Sandra Irma Davila & Xiaoyang Feng's "Steppers" - shoes that play notes when you step. Steppers were designed to get kids up on their feet,...

Kyveli Vezani's "Knock" a collection of reinvented amulets and charms reflecting the impact of technology on our values and beliefs. My favorite on is the necklace that...

Jose Angel Olivares & Matthew Young's Picture Me Rollin’ - using your suitcase to play music Picture Me Rollin' is a manufactured surface designed to produce...

John Dimatos's Epimetheus - A network of fire detecting sensors that transmit crucial data in real time. Epimetheus is the feasibility prototype for a larger...

This kit looks pretty easy to use, just send the line to be displayed over a COM port. It even supports hex letters (a,b,c,d,e,f) - of course, a 14-segment version...

Dug North sent word of this interesting weight-driven music box -"Andante Grazioso" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / KV331) played by a "Mechanical Music Box in a Drawer"...

Just when you thought you had them all, the Arduino mutates yet again - The new Arduino Nano is the smallest and most versatile Arduino board yet. Designed and...

I found my new favorite musical interface and it's called the "Toriton Plus". It's a fairly simple concept that produces great results. A slightly more complex version...

What do you do when you can't find the right kind of film for you camera? Make it yourself, at least that is what "dark orange" decided to tackle. This is an incredible...

Circuit bending is alive and doing well. This is a really cool hack of an Atari 2600, which happens to be a favorite system for a lot of people. I need to go into the...

Brushbots are little bot-like paint brushes that make art on their own... Brush Bots are tiny machines that work in tandem with the user in creating generative art....