ArduPilot – Arduino compatible UAV controller. You’ll need a GPS module ($60) and, for all but the most stable planes, a commercial stabilization unit ($70), but still the least expensive autopilot. it’s also a 100% Open source hardware project, schematics and Eagle files on the site. This sold out in 7 minutes today, but don’t […]
PaperKraft links to this neat (and free!) Cubeecraft 2009 robot papercraft calendar. The face is changed with each month, and extra faces store inside the head.
“Double-Taker (Snout)“ (interactive installation, 2008) deals in a whimsical manner with the themes of trans-species eye contact, gestural choreography, subjecthood, and autonomous surveillance. The project consists of an eight-foot (2.5m) long industrial robot arm, costumed to resemble an enormous inchworm or elephant’s trunk, which responds in unexpected ways to the presence and movements of people […]
Heads up, the next Handmade Music meet-up will happen Thursday of next week @ 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. This time we’ve even got someone to bring the drinks! Eminent Eventmaster Peter Kirn of CDM writes up the details – Handmade Music is now a monthly affair at the wonderful 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, and increasingly, […]
Each day this week we’re bringing you a different roundup of 2008 posts on the CRAFT blog. Today’s year-in-review is of the most controversial projects that have graced the pixels of these pages last year. We like to encourage intelligent discussions about thought-provoking crafts that break from the mainstream, and in 2008 they fell into […]
Vivian Caccuri‘s Submersed Songs tracks the movement of four carp and uses that data to control an audio mix – Submersed Songs is a sound installation that generates mp3 player remixes through the movements of four live fish. The animals’ movements and the proximity among them work as a parameter for mixing and spatializing the […]
I read a great article a few years called “Where to Get a Good Idea: Steal It Outside Your Group“. Sociologist Ronald Burt argues that creative ideas aren’t magically created, but rather, they are well-known concepts re-applied in new arenas. Maybe that cool paper punch found in the stationary store will become the next best […]
