AskPang has an thoughtful reflection on Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge: Production in the Digital Age, a conference presented by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Tinkering isn’t so much a specific set of technical skills: there tends to be a pretty instrumental view of knowledge. You pick up just enough knowledge […]
Sea-Urchin chair – made with 8,000 zip ties via NOTCOT.
Hey stitchers! Check out this fun cocktail party decor sewn out of old bridesmaid dresses. These great party decorations were created by Flickr user Chica_and_Jo, and are one of the entries in the Singer/CRAFT Upcyclist Party contest! For all the details on how you too can enter to win prizes including a fab new Singer […]
Andy Wilson of MS Research—a name you may recognize from yesterday’s $1 gesture recognition post—is responsible for a number of pretty unbelievable projects involving image processing and human computer interfaces. It’s the sort of stuff that really blurs the boundaries between real and digital environments. I was blown away by the video above, in which […]
The funnel wall at the Kunsthofpassage in Neustadt plays music when it rains… via NOTCOT.
Andy Wilson of MS Research—a name you may recognize from yesterday’s $1 gesture recognition post—is responsible for a number of pretty unbelievable projects involving image processing and human computer interfaces. It’s the sort of stuff that really blurs the boundaries between real and digital environments. I was blown away by the video above, in which […]
This is a really interesting project that uses an Arduino with an XBee to control an R/C airplane. You can purchase remote controls fairly inexpensively, but can they be infinitely hacked like an Arduino? How about 2-way communications? Think about all the cool sensors you could add! Read more about the Arduino powered R/C airplane […]
