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These geeky Superbowl decorations glow thanks to the EL panel hack which [Becky Stern] created. It's almost impossible to make out in this image, but the EL panels have been applied to the surface of the helmet. On the San Francisco helmet you can just make out the black connector and cord at the bottom of the F. El panels are a lot like EL wire (but they're flat) in that the phosphors are … [Read more...]
This delightful marketing ploy requires the listener to fabricate their own record out of ice. The band Shout Out Louds wanted to make a splash with their newest single. So they figured out how to make a playable record out of ice. The main problem with this is the grooves start to degrade immediately when the ice begins to melt. So they shipped a mold of the record and a bottle of water to a … [Read more...]
This toner transfer method uses a different material than we normally see. The red sheet being peeled back isn't toner transfer paper. It's printable vinyl used for both the resist and the silk screen. The application process is almost the same as any other toner transfer PCB fabrication material. The printable vinyl stick is first adhered to a piece of paper before feeding it through a laser … [Read more...]
This is a working record created with a 3D printer. [Amanda] came up with a process that converts audio files into 3D models. These models can be printed and played on a standard record player. The real work is done by a Processing sketch that creates a STL file. [Amanda] started off by trying to create a sine wave. She used this test to optimize the printing process. Then she used Python to … [Read more...]
The Dyskograf lets you make music with a magic marker. The musical installation looks much like a turntable for playing vinyl records. But instead of a spiraling groove containing the sounds, this uses marks on a paper disk to play sound samples. You can see the light outline of several tracks on the paper disc shown above. By adding black marks the optical input of the Dyskograf … [Read more...]
From the look of it his is just another Word Clock, right? From the outside maybe. But if you take a look at the build photos this a good example of extreme fabrication.The design uses a five-layer lamination of glass bezel, vinyl lettering, diffuser, mounting plate, and back panel. The mounting and lettering layers were labor intensive, but are also the reason for the gorgeous finished … [Read more...]
Vinyl records are an amazingly simple technology, but surprisingly we haven't seen many builds to capitalize on the ease of recording music onto a vinyl disk. [Seringson] made his own vinyl polycarbonate cutter to record his own records at home. The impressive thing is he did this with parts just lying around. Just like the professional and obsolete record cutters of yore, [Seringson]'s … [Read more...]
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