The Steel Yard Blog has posted some information on Pawtucket Rising, a documentary that profiles the rebirth of Pawtucket, RI, the birthplace of the American industrial revolution: The documentary profiles the birth and evolution of Pawtucket’s arts district through adaptive reuse of empty century-old factory buildings as an engine of economic revival. The birthplace of […]
Tellart has posted a new video of their “What is a Switch?” project from the Fall 2007 RISD Industrial Design studio The Internet of Things. It’s got switches made with all kinds of things including rubber bands, tinsel, plenty of wires, and what looks like a spork: A switch, after all, is just a connection […]
I’m taking a class in 3D fibers and today I came across Mona Hatoum’s Entrails Carpet, made from silicone rubber back in 1995. Luscious! Entrails transforms an age-old textile form — the carpet — with unsettling effect. Hatoum’s carpets extend a visual invitation to walk or lie down, but the idea of actual contact with […]
Learning Android features tutorials for programming Android applications: Welcome to High Quality Android Tutorials. This site aims to be a resource for all developers on the Android platform to get the best and most up to date development information available. Each tutorial on this site will be clear, with full source code and notes from […]
ToyCyte, the toy culture collector’s site, has an interview with Dustin Cantrell. Dustin did the T.W.E.R.P. toy hack, which we blogged about last year, which crossed a ThingamaKIT with a Mad*L vinyl toy. Now, Dustin has crossed a Dunny toy with a plasma globe. The Plasma Dunny is kind of my way of exploring our […]
This Instructable has a bunch of ideas for reusing plastic (PET) bottles. Some of them are obvious (a grain scoop and a parts bins), some are more novel (a mosquito trap and a plant coldframe). Above are biscuit/cookie cutter, a butter churn, an LED light bulb, and an electric fence insulator. Quick and easy homestead […]
Bakerella shares how she created this heart-shaped box of chocolates … completely out of cake. That’s right – it’s all cake. See her tutorial for complete details on how she created this amazing treat.
