The Solar Catenary Reflector
Build 21st-century renewable technology using 17th-century mathematics.
Month: January 2010
Maker’s Calendar
Our favorite events from around the world.
The Nonsense Factory
The Maywa Denki collective makes instruments of mass whims.
Locally Grown
Carving boards and waves with the maker of all-wood Grain Surfboards.
Big Kid Bikes
Bending bicycles with builder Greg Degouveia.
Birds play guitar
Artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s installation features the avant-noise stylings of the seemingly mild-mannered zebra finch – For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various […]
How-To: Flock clock
Instructables user mrigsby writes: The Flock Clock uses male and female drinking birds to display time. Binary addition of the female birds (left to right) yields the hour. Binary addition of the male birds (multiplied by five) yields the minute–within five minutes. An Arduino processor provides the signals needed to drive Peltier cells which heat […]
