Custom Silhouettes by Jenny Lee Fowler
Ashley Anna Brown posts about Jenny Lee Fowler, who creates freehand custom silhouettes out of unconventional materials like birch tree bark and melon rind.
Month: January 2009
Making an IR object tracking system
Here is OddBot’s next attempt at making a low cost DIY IR tracking system. I really like how he shares his successes and failures during the entire build process. This is a great resource for learning about IR LEDs. My newest array, with navy blue IR LEDs works better as I’ve gone back to a […]
Kite Buggy Skis
In December, I finally jettisoned the skis I got when I was a nanny/construction worker for the year after college. Michael needed them to turn into a Kite Buggy. Right now it is operating successfully as a sled/buggy, but the kite is already functioning. Finally able to get your skis to work! Next iteration will […]
Inauguration, as seen from space
MG writes– The other day I wrote about how the GeoEye-1 satellite would be taking images of President Obama’s inauguration from 423 miles up — in space. This could have only worked on a clear day, so that clouds weren’t blocking the view. Good news: It was a clear day, and the pictures (above and […]
HOW TO – Cabled Legwarmers
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Vickilicious Knits whipped up these stylish cabled legwarmers using a free pattern from Berocco.
Microprinter – Google calendar, iCal, weather, Dopplr…
Tom Taylor’s Microprinter, a web-connected receipt printer for daily notifications via Waxy… Tom writes- The microprinter is an experiment in physical activity streams and notification, using a repurposed receipt printer connected to the web. I use it for things like reminders, notifications, and my day at-a-glance, but anything that can be injected from the web […]
Knitting your voice
This installation by Magdalena Kohler and Hanna Wiesener called “Gelsomina” records your voice and knits the waveforms of the sound on a knitting machine controlled by 24 servos. We posted about this back in 2007, but its worth another mention. I just got an electronic knitting machine and I can’t wait to dig in and […]