Mahto

Here is a demonstration of the hacked HackPGH shop LED sign. It's being controlled by an Arduino, using a interrupt-driven background process to ...

This is a demonstration about how the common servo motor can be modified to be an input device as well as an output device. See my website for deta...

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A little preview of a project I'm working on for the NYC Resistor Interactive Show:

http://www.nycresistor.com/...

A quick attempt at a Theremin-esque synth using a 555 timer, potentiometer and some switches from an old tape deck. There isn't any post condition...

This is a circular controller for a synthesizer, using the openCV visualization library to analyze a series of points on a rotating wheel, and gene...

Here's a little demonstration about how to control a flip-dot sign. These mechanical display devices were common before LED displays took off, and this device in particular is surplus from a city bus. Curiously, this one...

Here is a short video of me playing the electric organ that I recently converted to a MIDI device. The sound is much improved, but sadly it cannot...

The goal of this project is to make a pair of headphones that pause your music when you remove them. The first part of the project is hooking up a sensor to do the pausing; part two will be installing it in some headphones...

This one's going to be part of an Atari Punk Sequencer- stay tuned!

(sorry for the re-post, this version has slightly tweaked brightness and cropp...

tsurujunが音楽を奏でる

This is an simple game made using the Arduino microcontroller and my tri-color LED display. Source code and explanation here:

http://www.cibomaht...

To make this project you will need:

A small blow torch or lighter

A glue gun

A Dremel or rotary tool

A few rotary tool bits(drill, sanding wheels a...

I played "See the conquering hero comes" by Händel. The equipment made by Matt Mets, http://www.cibomahto.com/

at MAKE: Tokyo Meeting 06

at the b...

Scenes from Make: Tokyo 06

We talk to Make blogger Matt Mets and inventor Mitch Altman.

Matt Metts: http://cibomahto.com/

Mitch Altman: http://Cor...

Asteroids, featuring Nick Normal

This is a demonstration of a simple Python LCD driver program that I wrote to control a NetMedia 2x16 Serial LCD display. For a copy of this code,...

These are two little LED people which each make up half of a BJT-based blinky circuit. This shows what happens when you put them together. Details...

Want to shoot photos from the hip, but having a hard time aiming? Jealous of all those hunters with their fancy targeting optics? Well, we have the solution for you- just attach a focused coherent light source to your lens...

This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

Using wiimote + arduino + servomotor to follow light sources.

http://ohmwardbond.blogspot...

Here's a little time-lapse video to document the process I used to make some stepper motor mounts, which were then used to retrofit a manual machining table into a CNC photography rig. Fun!

In an attempt to make a poor-man's Jacob's Ladder, I hooked up the business end of a high voltage transformer from a scanner lamp. I could get spa...

Obstacle course for Tortellini the Turtle Bot.

Presenting the 5 minute agitator!

Prototype for an analog camera

These dudes totally beat me to the punch, though:

http://hackaday.com/2009/12......

We set up MPD on a discarded computer, and hooked it up to a modified stereo to make a server. Feel free to add some (commercially licensed) music or a fancy web interface!

Blogged here:

http://www.cibomahto.com/20...

Song is 'Flight of Dragons' by Nintendude: http://8bitcollective.com/m...