This week: Nanonano Tech Junk Buddies, Arithmetic Gardens, The Analog “iPod Touch,” Beetle Cross Stitch Kits, QR Code Hats, Nipple Hats, Can-Crushing Frogs, Cyborg Glasses, Nuigurumi Giant Isopods, Home Dinosaur Excavation Kits, and plenty more action from the 4/20 Make: Tokyo Meeting. Nanonano – Tech Junk Buddies by Kouichi Miyajima Artist Kouichi Miyajima makes adorable […]
YouTube user kwakhed23 pushed out this video showing before and after imagery of the Moon. In the “before” part of the video, you can see the effects of the atmosphere warping the Moon’s image as it passes over the frame. In the “after” video, a temporal noise reduction filter is applied using the open source […]
Lenore, of Evil Mad Scientist Labs, glimpses the pattern that connects in a spool of monolithic capacitors: These capacitors… exhibit the opposite spirals of phyllotaxis that are probably most familiar from the face of a sunflower. Who knew capacitors could be so lovely? Electronic Phyllotaxis
I recently came across Whitney Smith’s ceramics work, and I think I’m in love. She creates functional yet beautiful items like vases, sugar bowls, and cake stands inspired by nature: motifs she has used include dogwood, cherry blossoms, and pomegranates. Whitney Smith Pottery
Sean Michael Ragan writes: I built a homemade blast furnace and used it to melt scrap aluminum to pour this [Autobot] switchplate. Looks like Sean needs an Etsy shop, pronto. He provides some insight into how he made his mold, too.
Don’t forget to submit your projects to ArtBots, the deadline is May 1! ArtBots is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008. Creators of talented robots are invited to submit their […]
Spotted via the CRAFT Flickr group: Playright_Bo and his roomies created this lovely “Arts and Crafty” window screen together. In our living room we have the worlds widest window… over 9 feet and there was nothing within out price range (in town) that would span that kind of distance save for maybe an ugly asp […]
