seven's thin air

Things about making stuff. Things about science and technology. Things about alternative energy. Funny and weird things. I like things. Email me at: makeseven at ev1 dot net

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Hello Again World

Well it's been a few months since I've posted anything but this past week has been exiting. I had a presentation at the Austin Dorkbot introducing the Planck.
The Planck is like a horizontal guitar one plays like a piano( by tapping on the strings) but that can do certain things like sound like a koto, sitar, or pedal steel. It can do some of these things because the frets are raised 1/4 inch and there
is a lot of space underneath the string to push it down. If you are familiar with scalloped fretboards and the Chapman stick it will make a little bit more sense.
People really seemed to like it and how it sounds when I debuted it.

In other news,I lost my internet service provider. I managed to archive my web pages, though.
I will post them online as soon as I can get some web hosting. Sorry, Don't mean to be so mysterious about it. I will do a page about the Planck for sure.

I also got to hang out with some folks from Make Magazine last week. They were very cool and might be planning some fun stuff for Austin. Who knows? I hope it works out.

As for Dorkbot, you should check out if there is one in your town especially if you are an inventor or do strange things with electricity.
Woof!