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Year: 2008
Robotic rabbit tells you when your plants are dry
The “Robot Rabbit” by artist Paul Granjon is an automated installation that features a modded toy rabbit seated on a patch of live grass. The robot repeats the word “robot rabbit” at a rate of 1 word a second while the grass is automatically watered by an electric pump when the humidity level gets low. […]
Felted Water Bottle Cozies
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: These unique cozies ThinkingMama made for her reusable water bottles–presumably from recycled felted sweaters. I like the bird-in-tree motif as well as the rocketship.
Audience installation creates a spectacle with rotating mirrors
“Audience”, an art installation by Random International and Chris O’Shea is a series of autonomous, head-like mirrors that react organically and collectively to members of the public as they walk around them. They were also choreographed so that an individual dancer could find their own distinctive reflection in the mirrors working together as one unit. […]
Spinning sphere emulates planet’s magnetic fields
This “Three Meter Geodynamo” project conducted at the University of Maryland was built to study how planets generate magnetic fields. The rotating sphere attempts to generate a magnetic field from spinning liquid sodium metal. Very impressive project and be sure to check out the construction details at the link below. via Collision Detection
HOW TO – Campfire Cakes
I’ve never been a fan of camping, but I might be convinced to give sleeping outside on dirt another try now that I’ve seen these campfire cakes posted on Bread & Honey. Apparently you can hollow out oranges, fill them with cake batter, wrap them in foil and cook them in the campfire. 10 minutes […]
iPhone Cupcakes Win Decorating Contest
On Monday night there was a Cupcake Decorating Championship at Ignite NYC II. Nick and Danielle Bilton came out on top with their iPhone icon cupcakes made with fondant icing. Photo by Bre Pettis.