Tea cup theremin

July 3, 2008 By 9 Comments

Hardware modding can take you to some strange places: sometimes, you think of really useful improvements to your most practical devices. Other times, you turn a cup of tea into a theremin. This is true at least for [Kyle McDonald], who immersed the L/R leads of an 1/8" cable in a cup of tea, and connected it to a computer running Max/MSP with a special patch. The result is a working, miniature … [Read more...]

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XY fabric interface

May 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment

[Maurin Donneaud], the giant fabric keyboard builder, has also been working on the XYinteraction tactile interface. XYinteraction is made of two sheets of fabric stretched across a square frame with the conductive threads of each sheet running in opposite directions. When the user touches one of the sheets, it makes contact with the other sheet, relaying x-y coordinates to a computer via a LilyPad … [Read more...]

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Giant fabric keyboard

May 28, 2008 By 10 Comments

[ladyada] pointed us in the direction of this giant fabric keyboard built by [Maurin Donneaud]. The construction of it looks fairly simple, like the buttons used in [fbz]'s WiFi detecting backpack strap, but on a larger scale. We'll take you through its construction, pictures and all, after the break. … [Read more...]

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