Skateboard looks like cassette tape
The “Tapeboard4” is a skateboard painted to look like an old cassette tape. Pretty nice and reminds us of the BandAid board we blogged about a few years back. Tapeboard4 on Flickr – Link
Year: 2008
“Luke” arm
Here’s an incredible video from IEEE Spectrum on the new robotic arm Dean Kamen’s DEKKA group is working on, it’s inspired by robotic arm in Star Wars that Luke Skywalker had – Link. Related: Dean Kamen’s “Luke Arm” prosthesis readies for clinical trials – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Dean Kamen: The Dean of […]
Yael Frankel Handmade Jewelry
Looking through the CRAFT Flickr Pool, I came across Yael Frankel’s handmade jewelry. It looks like she uses laminated paper collage for a lot of her work. Link.
Kinetic sculpture connects bike pedals to sound creation
San Francisco based artist Bernie Lubell’s wood sculptures are some of the most inspirational kinetic art pieces around. His latest, “A Little Breathing Room” (2007), connects a custom built wooden bicycle to a large wood blower that causes a latex wall to “breathe”. The air also produces a tone in a 10′ wood organ pipe. […]
HOW TO – Make a Rechargeable, pocket-sized 5V power supply
Dave writes – Sure power supply projects aren’t that sexy; but they are, generally speaking, the foundation for every electronics project. The voltage output for this project is 5VDC, and a practical output that can be applied to a wide variety of digital components. Even better, this power supply has a 2-pin plug that can […]
Yarn Painting Skull
I know the Skull a Day projects are always awesome, but this one really has me excited about yarn painting. Who know yarn painting could look so cool? Link.
Ping Pong Ball Printer
Do away with all that flat print media. Sphere’s are where it’s at! Though I’m guessing it will be a while before you can read a “news-ball” over morning coffee – These guys have a pretty intricate setup going on, incorporating an EFX-TEK prop automation board and Parallax serial inkjet printhead. [via]-Link Strange, the item […]
