Author Archives: mahto

Programming the LoL Shield using animated GIFs

Posted on August 12, 2010 by mahto

A couple of weeks ago, I was hacking on the LoL Shield with Nathan Rosenquist, when we realized that it was really time consuming to use the spreadsheet program to build animations. Never fear, a quick python script later and … Continue reading →

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Idea: Ceiling cat smoke detector

Posted on August 11, 2010 by mahto

Like any ceiling cat, the ceiling cat smoke detector watches you doing private things. This cat has another function, however- it also detects fire in your abode, and warmly alerts you to them with the moaning wail of an excited … Continue reading →

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Midwest Workshop Tour of Hackerspaces

Posted on August 11, 2010 by mahto

For the rest of the month, I’m going on tour with Mitch Altman and Jimmie Rodgers as their official roadie. We’re visiting a number of hackerspaces in the Midwest, and holding soldering workshops at them. They started their journey a … Continue reading →

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Idea: Audio instrument designed by combining many open sourced kits

Posted on August 11, 2010 by mahto

The idea its to modify the MIDI VOX to accept input from both the drawdio and atari punk console, including a graphic equalizer on a lol shield with possibility of feedback into the apc, to create an instrument with maximum … Continue reading →

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Idea: Synth Shirt

Posted on August 10, 2010 by mahto

The synth shirt is a portable expressive instrument that you can wear on your body and perform at any moment. There are many possibilities for the design, however a good single voice version consists of a button down shirt with … Continue reading →

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Funny lightswitch tells tale of design evolution

Posted on July 28, 2010 by mahto

Light switch technology has come a long way from antique push button light switches to modern rockers, and what better way to celebrate this achievement than to put them both in the same fixture? This setup controls the lights in … Continue reading →

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Meggy Jr Sr progress

Posted on July 27, 2010 by mahto

Over the past few days, I’ve been working on completing a project thats been on my mind for a while. The idea was to build a giant version of a MeggyJr RGB pixel game kit by Evil Mad Scientists, like … Continue reading →

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