Made On Earth — Flying Fruitcake
Back as far as 400 BC, catapults were used to hurl the vilest of projectiles: rocks, arrows, cow manure. But perhaps the most notorious missile of all may be … the fruitcake.
Year: 2006
Made On Earth — Power Pack
Finally, you can recharge your iPod with Clif bars.
Made On Earth — Graffiti Temple
Artist David Best is known for his gigantic temple installations at Burning Man in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert; his latest was 115 feet tall, a quarter mile long, and visited by thousands.
Circuit-bent Atari 2600
Kyle writes – “A port of an Atari 2600 emulator to the Max/MSP/Jitter programming environment. This means that the Atari 2600 emulation parameters can be manipulated in a nearly infinite number of ways, producing Max/MSP/Jitter-based visuals with the 2600 aesthetic. Being within Jitter, the pixels generated from the Atari 2600 can be mapped to different types of surfaces, stretched, and zoomed. The audio output can be captured and manipulated by MSP as well.” Link.
Heirloom Technology — Jackhammer Headphones
And a discourse on blind men, chipmunks, whales, and the future.
DIY Projection clock
Raph writes “Since the first time I saw a projection clock, I knew one day I would build my own by converting a watch with an LCD display. Last week, I bought a watch in a dollar store and managed to convert it to a projection clock. I can finally project the time on my bedroom ceiling.” Link.
Make a circle out of squares…
Fun art project from Brob on Instructables “Build a square wooden frame with nails all around. Tie string round the nails and repeat until all nails are used. You should be left with a cool circle shape and a nice piece of art for very little cost.” Link.