Simple sound toy

A simple sound gyro toy.

It uses the gyro data to control sine waves. This was fun for him to wave the phone around and make it make different sounds.

http://spiffomatic64.com/baby/iphone_gyro.html#no-back-button (works on iphone)

I had a version that worked on android but I lost it/overwrote it lol

Piano with training wheels

Took the midi out from a full sized keyboard, shoved it into a raspberrypi, interpreted the closes note in a pentatonic scale, then rendered via midi to make an "auto tuned piano"

Nerdy Baby Monitor

Using a NetTv https://www.adafruit.com/product/609
and a raspberrypi + a bunch of sensors, I made a very nerdy hdmi overlay baby monitor we still use today

code: https://github.com/spiffomatic64/baby_monitor

Baby drums

Setup my electronic drums so they are positioned for a baby to jam with.

Quick Hack Baby Distractors

 

This was thrown together so I could play video games without giving him too much screen time.

Attach a baby toy to a boom mic stand, BAM portable baby toy

Color blind test/game

This was for when he was REALLY little, I made a simple game with a randomly moving ball, that slowly shifted colors, and I would tap the screen whenever his eyes followed/stop following the ball.

I used this data to see if he could see which colors, and how well.

Baby piano hack

Bought a toy piano "Kick and Play" and rewired its buttons to trigger a midi engine running on a raspberry pi.

Code: https://github.com/spiffomatic64/rpi_hacked_baby_instrument