today's leftovers
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Auto Xylophone features hand-wound solenoids | Arduino Blog
A xylophone is, in addition to being one of only two known English words that start with the letter X, an instrument that most of us haven’t touched since we were toddlers. But xylophones produce a very pleasing sound and their construction is about as simple as an instrument gets. That makes them perfect for DIY projects by those of us who aren’t master craftsmen, and is likely why Rachad El Moutaouaffiq chose the instrument for this Auto Xylophone project.
As the name implies, this is a xylophone that plays itself. Not only does that let it create beautiful melodies that few of us are capable of hammering out with our clumsy human hands, it can actually exceed the ability of even an accomplished xylophonist. It can strike up to four bars simultaneously, allowing for richer and more complex music than a person could play with only two hands. It works with standard MIDI files and therefore can play a huge range of existing MIDI music or anything new that a musician creates in real time or through other means—such as AI generation that El Moutaouaffiq plans to experiment with.
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Jonathan Dowland: things I'd like to 3D print, revisited
It was pointed out to me that you can't safely print things to store food in with most materials, as their porous/layered nature facilitates the growth of bacteria. So, I'll rule out those items.
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Sysdig Adds gVisor Support to Falco Container Security Platform - Container Journal
Created by Sysdig and contributed to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in 2018, Falco makes it possible to assess risk and detect threats using a set of rules to trigger security alerts. It detects unexpected behavior, configuration changes, intrusions and thefts of data in real-time that enable IT teams to programmatically enforce security policies.