Month: April 2010

Growing radish sprouts in old manga

Growing radish sprouts in old manga

Artist Koshi Kawachi created these comic-book-based planters for an installation at a Japanese department store. [via Pink Tentacle] More: Planter will find the sun for its plants How-to: Cast concrete planters using packing inserts How-To: Tackle Box Planter Urban planter Kickball planter How-To: Bike Handlebar Planter HOW TO – Make an inverted planter HOW TO […]

Data-logging shirt for analyzing baseball biomechanics

Data-logging shirt for analyzing baseball biomechanics

Elbow injuries suffered by pitchers in Major League Baseball occur frequently and result in tens of millions of dollars in losses each season, representing the money that must be paid in salaries to pitchers who cannot perform due to injury.

“No single device for measuring the quality of pitching mechanics currently exists, so we have proposed a shirt that is lightweight and can be worn during bullpen sessions or exhibition games,” said Moche. “The shirt can be used to show when a player becomes fatigued and his mechanics worsen, through a display of real-time information on a monitor in the dugout.”

Plastic Canvas Baby Blocks

These plastic canvas baby blocks, made by the mother of Rebecca of Roots & Wings Co. are such a fun, playful craft. She Rebecca shares her mom’s variations on block designs, including dice and color blocks. Rebecca offers a summary of how the blocks are assembled, and for more information on stitching on plastic canvas, […]

Arduino Assisted Mind-Controlled TV

Arduino Assisted Mind-Controlled TV! Paul writes – I have finally gotten around to re-writing some of my old code and re-recording a proper demo of controlling physical objects using thoughts by interfacing an EEG headset with an Arduino. While this technology is interesting and exciting, before anyone sees this as an endorsement for this particular […]

Han Solo carbonite soap

Han Solo carbonite soap

With soap this cool you’ll seriously consider the state of your personal hygiene before you resort to using it. Although, what better way to get rid of the grime after a long afternoon of LARPing than with a hand-crafted recreation of the famous Han Solo in carbonite prop from Empire Strikes back in soap?