Spotted over @ Matrixsynth, is this unusually fleshy-looking fingerboard synth known as the Imesco polifónico. Not much info aside from what the demo vids show us and some incidental descrips translated from YouTube- this is the same instrument that was introduced some time ago, now a little over, also lack enough practice since the video […]
Using an iPhone, some coroplast, a cd case, and duct tape, maker Ben Eadie fashioned the hardware necessary for a DIY teleprompter. A trip to the App Store yielded the requisite software. Apparently if you’re looking for software for a DIY teleprompter, there’s an app for that.
The key to the process is that the metallic aluminum is present as a nano-scale powder, and its oxidation by water thus occurs over a huge surface area and therefore proceeds very quickly, releasing amazing amounts of energy. The video starts with the acoustic mixing of the nano-aluminum with water to make a gray paste which is frozen, in a mold, to make a tubular rocket motor. It then proceeds through various test-bench firings and culminates (at 4:00) in the launch of an actual rocket using the mixture.
There’s something simple and beautiful about the construction of this paper city from Australian design firm Qube Konstrukt. The paper city was built entirely from folded paper to fit within a 2.5 meter square. It looks a modernized version of a model train city. You can see the paper city come to life in this […]
This tutorial shows how to take apart a spent zinc-carbon dry cell of the common household type. Besides making for an interesting object lesson in electrochemistry, taking apart a spent D-cell, for instance, allows you to salvage many materials which can be of use to amateur chemists–materials which would otherwise probably end up in a landfill. Separated from its reactive components, the leftover parts of the battery can be safely added to most municipal recycling streams.
Congrats to CRAFT reader Susan from New York for winning the Cricut Expression in our special CRAFT giveaway from yesterday. You can still sign up for our newsletter to be eligible to win a Gypsy.
Keith Lo Bue is a found-objects artist living in Sydney, Australia. Among other things, he makes these really cool art specs out of everything from hot dog tongs to rulers and cuff links to old drafting tools and nautical instruments. You can follow his projects as they come together on his blog. [via Boing Boing] […]
