What I’m making, and what comes next.

KeyboardObject

Piano or synth keys you can actually play, with sound. For anyone who wants an interface that looks and answers like a real instrument.

MembraneObjectIn this week’s vote

A foam wall that dents where you press it. Letters set into the rim glow brighter the harder you push. It runs on the Pin Screen’s engine.

TurntableObjectIn this week’s vote

A platter you spin to scrub through time. It keeps turning after you let go, and a ring of strobe dots shows how fast.

ThereminObjectIn this week’s vote

An instrument you play without touching it. Your pointer’s distance from one antenna sets the pitch and from the loop sets the volume, with real sound. A slider you set by how near you are.

Neon globeObject

A glass bulb of neon that glows orange, with thin arcs that lean toward your pointer and strike where you touch. A listening light for AI products that turns to face you.

Nixie counterObject

Numbers lit inside glass tubes, each digit a glowing wire that steps forward and back. For counters, clocks and any figure that should feel alive.

VU meterObject

A needle that swings with the level, with the weight and overshoot of a real meter, over a printed scale that goes red at the top.

Rotary dialObject

The finger wheel of an old phone. Drag a number round to the stop and it winds back, counting out the digit. For codes, PINs and anything you enter slowly.

Slide-rule tunerObject

An old radio’s dial: a needle sliding along printed stations under glass, with a heavy knob that coasts. For choosing from a long list.

Geiger counterObject

A needle and a click for every count, faster as the reading rises. Activity you can hear: requests, events, alerts.

Pocket radioObject

A small perforated speaker grille, a thumb wheel and one lamp, after the classic pocket radios. A player or a notification you can hold.

MetronomeObject

A pendulum on a graphite rod with a brass weight you slide to set the tempo. Higher is slower, lower is faster, and it clicks on every swing while a lamp blinks on the beat. For any rate you would rather set by feel: polling, playback, refresh.

Bead ratingKit partIn this week’s vote

A rating you set by sliding abacus beads along a rod. Each bead clicks into its notch and a small lamp lights for every one counted. Arrow keys move it.

Cursor setKit part

Pointers drawn in the kit’s language: a machined arrow, a loupe for zooming, a crosshair for picking, a hand that grips a dial. Swap them in with one class.

Playable piecesObject

Small games built as hardware: a handheld with a dot-matrix screen, a pinball plunger, a reaction timer with lamps. Things to play on a 404, a loading screen or an empty state.

CRT switch-onBlock

A preloader that turns the page on like a cathode-ray tube: the click, a bright dot in the middle, a line that stretches across, snow and rolling noise while it warms, then the picture settles in. Skipped under reduced motion.

Haptics everywhereObject

Every detent, switch and tear you can feel on a phone that supports it: a tick on each notch, a thud at the stop. Off by default, and nothing on devices that can’t.

Reel-to-reelBlock

The Cassette’s tape at hero size: two big reels, tape running round the guides, a VU needle, and the Odometer counting.

Signal-lost 404Block

A 404 on the Phosphor Scope’s glass. The missing address is drawn as a trace that drifts and loses its lock, then settles on the way home.

Machined dockBlock

A dock cut into a metal tray, with keys that rise one after another as you move along it.

ConsoleTemplate

A control-room screen that packs in as much of the kit as it can hold.

DJ mixerTemplateOn the bench

A mixer built only from kit parts: a crossfader, EQ knobs and LED ladders.

Screens by tradeTemplates

Whole screens for AI tools, infrastructure, energy and finance, each with its own data.

Crown knobKit part

A small knurled knob, like the crown on a watch.

Capsule toggleKit part

A toggle with a small lit window that shows which way it is set.

T-bar leverKit part

A lever with a T-shaped handle that you pull down, like a throttle.

Waveform stripKit part

An audio waveform in a lit strip, for players and recorders.

EQ fader bankKit part

A row of faders like a graphic equaliser.