Plastic ballgown
Jenny writes – Artist Jamie Kuli McIntosh created this amazing ballgown from salvaged plastic and 225 mustard packets (those make up the corset). Read more about the process on her blog.
Month: March 2008
Plastic bag animals (videos)
Remember those plastic bag animals we posted about? The artist (Joshua Allen Harris) put up some videos!
MAKE – The Third year. Box set, box or make your own
4 volumes of MAKE year three are combined in a special edition collector’s box. Includes: Volume 09, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12 is on sale now. If you have volumes 9 through 12 you can just get the box, or you can make your own – 96mb zip (EPS). Previous: MAKE year one: Box […]
BoomBox cellphone makes portability an afterthought
If you are looking for the best in portable cellphone technology, do not look here at Make. This cellphone, called the “Thunder Super Radio HiFi” features a 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.4 inch TFT display, built-in mini boombox, and even an microSD card slot. What looks like a normal phone on one side, morphs into a […]
Robosapien has a coil gun
This custom coil gun for V2 robosapiens is outstanding. The video was posted to youtube over a year ago, but I just noticed it now, so let’s all just sit back, enjoy, and pretend it’s super fresh. Mmmkay? It looks like Marcus based his coil gun on the bic-pen and disposable camera capacitor design that’s […]
New iLog turns light into sound
This version of the Owl Project’s “iLog” plays glitchy electronica and noise while the sounds change based on the built in photocells in its base. Pretty cool aesthetics to the design of the body although this might be a hard thing to fit in your pocket as a portable music player. Owl Project
Faster Windows shutdown
It pretty typical for Windows to take a minute or two to shutdown. Most of this wait is due to the OS being extra patient, waiting for all of your applications to safely close. So when an application hangs during shutdown, you are forced to twiddle your thumbs until Windows decides that enough time has […]
