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PossessedHand – Air Guitar

August 1, 2011 by Chris
Here's a creepy project that uses electrodes to 'shock' your hand muscles into place. The article describes in great detail how the device works as it is attached to a research study. The specific application they mention for this device is helping to teach beginners how to play instruments correctly.

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RGB LED Coffee Table

July 29, 2011 by Chris
In a demo of what the MSP430 can do, here's an LED Coffee Table that groves with your music. The MSP430 is used as a controller and external software catches the FFT of your music telling the controller how everything should light up to flow with the music. If you like this project give it a Vote at TI's website.

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Mini IR Theremin

July 7, 2011 by Chris
If you're a music lover, this Pyro Electro project is for you. Today I show you how to build your own IR Theremin. This style of theremin uses an infrared proximity sensor, a headphone speaker and a PIC micro to create an off-the-shelf style of instrument. The article includes demo vids of me playing simple songs on the theremin.


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PIC Harmonic Distortion Meter

June 18, 2011 by Chris
Today's Project: Build a simple instrument that measures the quaility of AC voltage with PIC project board. The article explains the background details on the what, how and why with many pictures to illustrate explanations Source code is included for download.

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Das Hutwerk’s RGB LED DJ System

June 14, 2011 by Chris
All DJ's need to be surrounded by the essence that is 'cool' and so an awesome lighting setup is a must. This article shows Das Hutwerk's RGB lighting system with some demo vids of people grooving to his tunes and dj lighting. The article provides a description of the setup and how it works. A simple setup, but what more does a DJ need?

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Duux Babycall Monitors

May 22, 2011 by Chris
Using the widely available micro LPC2132, this project and abstract explain how to build a very hi-tech baby monitor. Built as an entry for a philips design contest, the design features integrated encryption, two way communication, night light control and music playback. The article has the software source code and hardware design schematics for download.

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Sewing Machine Orchestra

May 21, 2011 by Chris
It's tough to know what to make of this project. It's a type of creativity that seems quite far out, using the sound of sewing machines to create music. The website is light on the technical details but there are many instructional and demo videos of the 'orchestra' in action.


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The Daisy MP3 Project

March 22, 2011 by Chris
If you've ever been curious how MP3 players work, this project shows you exactly how to make your own. It uses a PIC at its core and has some extra hardware for mp3 decoding and playing via flash memory card storage. A great project, take a look!

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MP3 Player In-A-Box

March 1, 2011 by Chris
This mp3 player uses an fpga based project board along with some standard pc parts. The user interface is so dumbed down your grandma could use it, with only switches and buttons, and the build process is straight forward. See the write-up for detailed pictures and instructions.

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The CyberWhistle

October 31, 2010 by Chris
For you music lovers here's a cool project: The CyberWhistle. It makes sounds just like a normal whistle but you don't have to blow into it, just move your fingers over the different holes to play a tune. Hardware schematics and firmware are in the project write-up.


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