This project called “Last Manoeuvres in the Dark” by artists Fabien Giraud and Raphael Siboni currently on display in Paris at the Palais de Tokyo, employs hundreds of Darth Vader masks equipped with microcontrollers and speakers and connected to a computer which spatially composes one of the “darkest” musical pieces of all time. This video […]
This balloon-based anti surveillance camera project by Brooklyn-based artist William Lamson is an easy way to fool even the most sophisticated forms of surveillance technology. Helium filled rubber balloon set to the correct height and covered with enough static electricity to stick to any surface, such as a public camera. Now if only they made […]
Rick Roll in semaphore. Controlled by an arduino and two stepper motors….
Robotsrule has a giant review of the new Femisapien robot, for $99 it’s look worth it for the parts, sensors and learning interface alone… For me the posing interface is the most powerful and fun method of playing with Femisapien. As you can see in the accompanying video review, you can create a Femisapien dance […]
Pete writes in… Talk about retro. I hand coded this page (for the first time in years) describing my homebrew spring constant measurement experiments. This is really the starting point for solid material characterization. If you have something cool that you’ve made with that chemistry kit, you should take a look to see how you […]
This is handy, Gizmodo put together a super guide on all the AV cables and more you might need, have or will end up telling your parents they need when they want to hook up that thing to the other thing… We put up with too many cables. There are at least four different kinds […]
Spotted on IKEA Hacker: Christie turned a bare-bones ceiling light into a glamorous modern chandelier by shortening the hanging wires and adding several strands of sparkling crystals.
