Ryan writes – “Ive been following with much interest these robo-one style robots. The servo powered little humanoids with amazing capabilities. I saw a few video clips of the KHR-1 humanoid and decided I wanted it. Then I saw the price. Around $1,200. Then i decided i could build one myself. Imagine a doll, crossed with a robo-one robot. Its a computer cotrolled robot doll. Very cool, and a little creepy all at the same time.”
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The Monome is a new music interface with LED-backlit pads, a USB interface that transmits OSC and MIDI data to a computer, and — here’s the unusual part — open source, hackable firmware and software interface. Touch the pads, and you can use this as a step-sequencer and remix tool (as in the example), but the real philosophy here is being able to do whatever you want, so think of the example video as just a start.
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Do you have any plain interface CDs at home? I still remember i have plenty last time. Me and my friends use to draw something on it and stick it on the wall and door. Somoene came out with an idea of making your CD cover by using only a few tools, a walkman, a couple of water-based or permanent marking pens and a clip.
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Alan writes – “Philippe Hurbain has created a pneumatic LEGO wheel. This wheel has no electronics and is controlled by two hand pumps, also made from LEGO. There are very detailed construction details available on his site that were created using LeoCAD and some LeoCAD plugins.
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