Month: July 2008

Lunch box guitar

Lunch box guitar

A link to this was posted in the comments to yesterday’s cigar box guitar post, but I thought it was cool enough to get its own item. Be sure to check out the builder’s Flickr sets for his cookie tin banjo and his cigar box guitar. Lunch Box Guitar

46 years of Satellite TV

46 years of Satellite TV @ Retrothing – The Telstar 1 communication satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 10, 1962, ushering in the modern age of intercontinental broadcasting and telecommunication. It was owned by AT&T and developed at Bell Telephone Labs as part of an international project sponsored by the USA, UK […]

Illuminated UFO lights up the skyline

Illuminated UFO lights up the skyline

The “UFO” project by artist Peter Coffin, is a 7 meter diameter flying saucer replica constructed with and aluminum body and 3,000 bright and individually controllable LEDs addressed with a solid state computer and 6 KW generator for power. The UFO can also be remotely controller via SMS messages sent to its designated phone number. […]