Year: 2008

How to see in tunnel vision

How to see in tunnel vision

Inspired by Tesla (who isn’t?), “Tunnel Vision” is an interactive sound and light installation in the shape of the 100 Hz buzz tone produced by electrical generators. When visitors put their hands in the opening, they alternate the sound and animated light patterns by altering the magnetic field surrounding the installation. Check out the video […]

Black Heart Tea Plush

Crafty Carolinagirl made this black heart tea plush for her thing a day project and for Dabbled’s Black Heart Anti-Valentine’s contest. It is a cup and saucer with cookies, a corroded spoon, and a poison tea bag. Link. Related The Dabbled’s Black Heart Anti-Valentine’s Contest – Link. Make a Thing a Day in February – […]

The Flame Glove

Needless to say, this one would be a touch dangerous to make – It took me a while to figure out how to build this. I took apart many things that you should not ever take apart (disposable cameras, lighters), and used the most dangerous parts of them in dangerous ways. Please don’t try to […]

Box organ + breath controller

Box organ + breath controller

From the MAKE Flickr pool Ranjit returns with another compelling artifact on red, this time reusing a box formerly occupied by some smoked fish – The keyboard is copper tape cut to shape. It’s tuned (approximately) to the twelve tone Just scale based on 2’s, 3’s, and 5’s. When the little red plug is plugged […]

Home made bellows lens

Home made bellows lens

Here is another variation of the tilt-shirt, or bellows, lens for selective focus photography. Marcus was able to salvage the parts from a $5 camera and the final results were very good at a close range. – Link Related: Kite aerial photo tilt shift fakes – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Tilt-Shift Photography. MAKE […]