Keith Newstead is an “automatist” who makes the most amazing kinetic mechanical sculptures. Here are a couple of his pieces, recently posted to YouTube. Keith Newstead Automata [via Dug North] More: Cabaret Mechanical Theatre – A Museum of Automata (mechanical sculpture) Designing automata kit & cabaret mechanical movement
Make:NYC Meeting 10 at Make:NYC – TONIGHT! Make:NYC Meeting 10 – Wednesday January 28th, 6:30PM Oh, you know you want to! Come join us for Make:NYC Meeting 10! Challenge: The Mechanism – One Think you can assemble a ticking, spinning, working gizmo in under two hours? Who cares!? It’ll be fun to try. Using basic […]
Announcing: Make:NYC Meeting 10 at Make:NYC! Make:NYC Meeting 10 – Wednesday January 28th, 6:30PM Oh, you know you want to! Come join us for Make:NYC Meeting 10! Challenge: The Mechanism – One Think you can assemble a ticking, spinning, working gizmo in under two hours? Who cares!? It’ll be fun to try. Using basic building […]
Pink Penguin has a helpful step-by-step tutorial showing us how to make these super cute teapot quilt squares. These would make great potholders or trivets, no?
ANDY DIAZ HOPE – Blood, Money and Tears… via Dorkbot list (photos). Blood, Money and Tears2006hypodermic needles, U.V. coated gel capsules, swarovski crystal, artist made chandelier chromed at a Harley-Davidson shop54 x 96 x 96 inches The human urge to modify itself has been a primary focus of my collaborative work with Laurel Roth. We […]
Print your baby via Fabbaloo A clinic is offering mothers bronze models of their unborn babies. The London Ultrasound Centre, near Harley Street, is the first in the country to offer the service, which allows parents to ‘celebrate’ their babies in the womb. A 3D printer uses ultrasound images to build a cast of the […]
Boot Beep – The story of the Mac’s boot chime, with source code written in 68000 assembly language… Andy Hertzfeld – When you powered up an Apple II, it would make a short beep sound to let you know that it was alive. We thought that the Mac should do something similar, once it passed […]
