This is a really cool time-lapse sequence of Robert Burden’s painting of “Voltron”. It’s really amazing to see the entire creative process that Robert goes through to complete this work of art. More about Robert Burden [BoingBoing]
If you really want to understand electric circuit theory, eventually you will need to come to terms with Ohm’s Law. So how can you get the concept across that I=VR? Will your students be able to figure out that V=I/R or that R=V/I, or that all three of these equations are pretty much the same? […]
The Long Awaited, Foundling – Patricia Piccininiรขโฌโขs silicone sculptures via io9.
For the last few years, I’ve made geeky iron on shirts for my kids on their birthdays. I usually find a way to include some bit of their party theme on the front of the shirt, and then put “Birthday Girl” or “Boy” and their age on the back, baseball uniform style. I used to […]
Demand for sewing machines seems to be going up in the UK… Tesco has also reported a surge in the number of sewing machines and in shoe cleaning equipment as consumers look to cherish their clothes and shoes, rather than let them fall apart. Julia Dudrenec, at the Welwyn Garden City outlet of John Lewis, […]
This amazing mod crams an entire Nintendo Entertainment System from the 80s into one of it’s cartridges complete with power and reset buttons, controller ports and composite video and audio output jacks. This is equivalent to the gaming version of the “clown car” where there is so much stuffed into such a small physical area […]
EPILOG, makers of laser cutters/etchers have a nice library of projects you can download and try out on your laser cutter, the wood dinosaur and chess board are cool. Pictured here, the tiny wolly made @ NYCR.
