Tic-Tac orchestra
This might be the next Diet Coke & Mentos… real or not, very fun to watch.
Month: January 2009
Stainless steel teeth
Two-for today – stainless steel teeth from yesterday’s tomorrow… Stainless choppers, Mechanix Illustrated – Apr, 1957. Makes own false teeth of out stainless steel, Popular Science – Oct, 1937
HOW TO – Bronzing baby’s shoes
HOW TO – Bronzing baby’s shoes Mechanix Illustrated, 1949 – IT is said that the electroplating of baby shoes was conceived when a Scotchman saw a suit of armor during a visit to his ancestral home. Nowadays the “metalizing†of baby’s first shoes is reaching an astonishing popularity, based mostly on the permanence given such […]
How-to: Orthographic projections and basic isometrics
This is a great place to start learning about isometric drawing for product design and development. You can use 3D modeling for designing, and rendering, but sometimes a nice vector illustration can be the best choice. This tutorial shows you how to get started making your own isometric illustrations. Isometric projections are a system of […]
How-to: Advanced isometric illustrations
Here is another great drawing tutorial. This time it explains advanced isometric illustration techniques. Creating isometric drawings, especially exploded views, can be the thing that makes your project stand out from the rest. In the last tutorial I covered how to make an isomeric grid and build simple blocky shapes on it. In this tutorial […]
A.M. Eye Candy – Paint Color Inspiration From Quilt
Eddie Ross shares how he pulled colors for an entire interior paint scheme from one tiny square of a quilt. The rest of the quilt provided inspiration for several paint palettes, and you can see the rest on his blog.
Alpha radiation visualizer
Using a standard webcam and some Americium 241 from a fire detector, Jared Bouck created a PC interface for visualizing alpha radiation. The basic idea behind this project is using the built in CCD in a USB web camera as a medium for alpha radiation to interact with. The result is a visual presentation of […]