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Industrial Sound Controllers
July 29th, 2010 | 
Author: Tristan Shone rolled out the 'big guns' for Maker Faire Bay Area 2010. His Industrial Sound Controllers are a musical force to be reckoned with and their sheer size and weight demand considerable attention upon seeing them firsthand.
Tristan took a few moments out from setting up to speak with Becky Stern and myself before performing, explaining some of the functionality of his custom gear. Fore more on his unique brand of 'heavy metal', be sure to check out the interview in MAKE, Volume 22 and the how-to on building your own 8-mic MIDI controller.
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MAKE Volume 23: Gadgets
MAKE Volume 23 is on newsstands now!
In this special GADGETS issue, we show you how to make a menagerie of delightful machines: a miniature electronic Whac-a-Mole arcade game, a tiny but mighty see-through audio amplifier, a magic mirror that contains an interactive animated soothsayer, a self-balancing one-wheeled Gyrocar, and the Most Useless Machine — the creepy mechanical box whose only purpose is to turn itself off (as seen on The Colbert Report!). Plus: how Intellectual Ventures made their incredible laser targeting mosquito zapper, how to use the industrial-strength microcontrollers called PLCs, and a lot more.
Project highlights in MAKE Volume 23 include:
- The Most Useless Machine
- Gyrocar
- Squelette, the Bare-Bones Amplifier
- Magic Mirror
- Solar Car Subwoofer
- College Bike Trunk
and much more, of course!
Don't forget - subscribers can always read the digital edition here.
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Mobile radios at Hamvention 2010
Mobile radios are like DIY cellphones. They can communicate across the world without the infrastructure of cellphone carriers or the internet. And sometimes, there's a lot of satisfaction in being able to do something all by yourself.
Here I am at Hamvention 2010 in Dayton, Ohio checking out all of the mobile radios. There was everything from pedestrian mobile, to ham radio backpacks, to bicycle mobile.
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More:
- Vintage radios at Hamvention 2010
- Ham Radio 101: Getting Started Without a License
- Dayton Hamvention 2009
- ARRL Field Day 2009
- Dayton Hamvention, May 14-16
Cris Benton’s pole aerial photography rig
It was definitely hard to overlook Cris Benton at this year's Bay Area Maker Faire (he was the guy walking around with 29-foot fishing pole). Cris' carbon fiber fishing-pole-turned-monopod netted some amazing photos of the event and attending crowds - be sure to check them out in his Flickr photoset.
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Of course, this isn't his only method for capturing bird's eye views - those of you keeping track will recall Cris' Kite Aerial Photography project featured in MAKE Volume 1 as well as a segment from Make: Television all about his project.
More:
- MAKE: television Episode 2: Aerial Kite Photography & Burrito Blaster
- Weekend Project: Pole's Eye View
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