Leeches are enjoying a well-deserved resurgence in popularity now that modern medicine has discovered their usefulness in speeding wound healing by increasing blood circulation. This clip is a promo piece for Nova Science Now’s episode about leeches, with Mark Siddall, “lord of leeches” at the American Museum of Natural History. There’s lots more leechy goodness […]
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Dharma Initiative Scarf Rainbow Skirt Crafts by Alice’s Crocheted Mome Raths Yoga Mat Strappy Sandals Emilie Friday And here are some more highlights from the pool this week: Knitted Jane Seymour Monopoly Money Dress Two-headed Amigurumi Dachshund Wild Things Headphones Buttoned Necklace Dead Ninjaaa Flat Earth […]
To followup our previous post about this project, New Zealand born, Madrid-based artist, Julian Oliver has released the source code under the GPL for his excellent “Level Head” installation that uses computer vision and ARToolkit marker imprinted cubes as the user interface of a game in which a character moves through a 3D labyrinth. Also, […]
The “Windows Washing Machine” is a kinetic sculpture constructed out of a standard personal computer, an electronic can-opener, an aluminum frame and two large road bricks. The computer is set to rotate itselt 360 degrees and software instructs the windows, buttons, and scrollbars on the screen to react accordingly to the gravitational pull of the […]
This project details the installation of an Arduino and Xbee based wireless sensor network to harness agricultural intelligence in order to build a capable decision support system for farmers to optimise natural resources and maximize production while minimizing environmental damage. Visualizations of the data being collected are seen on local laptops for eventual distribution over […]
This time we are going to be making a Zoetrope from a bunch of junk. What is a Zoetrope? Here is what I found on Wikipedia: The earliest elementary zoetrope was created in China around 180 AD by the prolific inventor Ting Huan. It consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. […]
Scott sent in his work on developing cheap laser cut enclosures for your next DIY project. I can attest to using the acetone techniques, but I really like the t-nut slots in clear acrylic. That is something I am going to try out in the future. [Thanks Scott] Making decent enclosures is troublesome because it’s […]
