Year: 2007

Nest One

Simon Husslein has created a work titled Nest One, a light installation in a tree in Burgundy, France: A woven sphere is glowing at sunset. Changing colours symbolize new life plated into a dying tree. He doesn’t say how he made it, and the brightness baffles me. How does it change colors? Post your ideas […]

Robots at Maker Faire Austin

On today’s episode of Boing Boing TV, MAKE editor-in–chief Mark Frauenfelder looks at some of the venerable Robot Group’s contribution to last month’s Austin Faire. Mark also covers Bleep Labs’ Thingamagoop analog synths. I have a review of these cool little synth critters on the Federated Media Holiday Gadget Guide. You can read that here. […]

Arduino Wireless POV

Today is POV day it seems… Oscar writes – Here is a cool project from Spain featuring an Arduino POV and some 433Mhz Wireless modules. This project includes an IR sensor to auto-calibrate the display timing on each complete loop. This allows for very accurate precision and stability when drawing on the air! This Arduino […]

Laser POV projector

Cyenobite writes – Hey makers! This past weekend at the MakePhilly event, Joe showed off a really cool device that he made. In a nutshell he created a laser POV projector out of parts that came in at less than $100. I thought other makers would appreciate his creative project too. Laser POV projector – […]