There have been a lot of “lifestream” services popping up lately that aim to collect all of your Web 2.0 meanderings and assemble them into a slightly less schizophrenic view of your online life. It’s a great idea, but the downside is that most of these are closed source and externally hosted, so you are […]
This Sunday, September 28, Erasmus P. Kitty will play host to the most splendorous Great West & Railroad Square Handcar Regatta & Exposition of Mechanical and Artistic Wonders, aka The Handcar Regatta. The good doctor promises fun & frolic, song & dance, grace & beauty, and wonderful eccentricities. And free balloons for the kids! (Okay, […]
Mikey writes… It had been suggested to me months ago that denim can make a pretty good filter for waste oils. Since I am trying to reduce my filter costs both in the obtainment system and under the hood I thought I would cut up some old jeans and try out the theory. I am […]
I know 2 people who live in shipping containers and they seem to really like it… “Shipping containers could be ‘dream’ homes for thousands” It was a side trip through a destitute, ramshackle neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, that detoured Brian McCarthy from building houses in Albuquerque to an idea to offer the very poor […]
Montreal-based artist Michel de Broin’s “Dead Star” is a sculpture made from residual batteries at the end of their lifespan. The piece is currently on display at Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in NYC as part of the “Untethered” show which opened on Thursday and runs until October 25th. Dead Star
Instructables user T0BY is going all out for this Halloween with these incredibly detailed feathered wings, and he’s shared his step-by-step (70 hour) process. He points out that you could use this technique for a costume to be a bird, angel, or certain species of dragon. I’d add velociraptor to that list, too.
This installation called “Delight’s Cycle” is a large LED POV machine that spins and generates electrcity while you spin it with a rotating lever. Check out the video for a demostration. The project was installed in Yokohama, Japan along with a few other kinetic art projects as part of the Electrica Fantasista event there this […]
