MAKE | HOW TO – Build a public broadcast “cart”

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By Phillip Torrone
Posted 2006/08/17 @ 10:53 am
Category Art & Design, Electronics

Victor writes – “Public Broadcast Cart is a shopping cart outfitted with a dynamic microphone, a mixer, an amplifier, six speakers, a miniFM transmitter and a laptop with a wireless card. The audio captured by the microphone on the cart is fed through the mixer to three different broadcast sources.” – Link.

More:
Build your own radio cart (Schematic & parts list) – Link.

Other shopping cart projects:

Shopping cart chair – Link.
Build a CartBike – Link.
MAKE AUDIOZINE – The ShopperChopper – Link.
Shopping Cart Chair – Turn a shopping cart into a comfortable and stylish wheelchair. MAKE 07.
Made on Earth – Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a shopping cart go-kart. MAKE 03 – Page 16 (log in).

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4 Responses to HOW TO – Build a public broadcast “cart”

RandomUser999 on August 17th, 2006 at 5:33 am said:

Cool. How do you get the cart? Can you really say “finder’s keepers” when you find an abandoned cart – or is there a place you can get them – uhh – legally?

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kuslar on August 17th, 2006 at 9:41 am said:

I don’t know – my first thought is ‘where’s the tv zapper equivalent to shut this thing up’. I guess you could just roll it in front of a truck.

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donkeybutter on August 17th, 2006 at 9:47 am said:

The stolen shopping cart makes me think “ugh, urban artistes,” the FM transmitter makes me think “nice, pirate radio is awesome” and the amplifier and six speakers makes me think “Oh sweet Lord, I’m gonna have to start carrying a bat everywhere just in case.”

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donkeybutter on August 17th, 2006 at 9:49 am said:

The stolen shopping cart makes me think “ugh, urban artistes,” the FM transmitter makes me think “nice, pirate radio is awesome” and the amplifier and six speakers makes me think “Oh sweet Lord, I’m gonna have to start carrying a bat everywhere just in case.”

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