These gorgeous hand embroidered wedding invitations from Anna of Rifle Paper Co. are just the kind of thing I’d be giddy to see in my mailbox, and would set an incredibly fun tone for a wedding. For their invitation we decided to play up their love for handmade with a hand sewn invitation design. I […]
This post over at Hack N Mod is titled “World’s Most Stunning Data Centers.” In point of fact, only two are mentioned, but the photos are pretty stunning. Shown uppermost, the Skynet system core Microsoft Chicago Data Center (of which more and better pictures are available here), and immediately above, the Stockholm facilities of Bahnhof, one of Sweden’s largest ISPs, which are located in a Cold War-era underground nuclear shelter. A video tour is available here.
Ah, I remember the good old days, puttering around on the Thames in our Stirling engine-powered boat…
Edo Kriegsmann designed and built this futuristic looking interactive lighting syster for his staircase.
We’re thrilled with the response that we’ve been getting for the Make: Robot Build. The weekly project newsletter has far more subscribers than we expected, and is growing into a little thumbnail course on robot design and construction, the Robot Build area of the MAKE Forums has some nice conversation going on, and we’re starting […]
Congratulations to Jen of San Diego, CA, Ali of MA, and Charissa of Pittsburgh, PA for each winning a copy of the new book, Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts in our recent giveaway. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Researches at the Politecnico di Milano and a group of other organizations have developed the Sound and Tangible Interfaces for Novel product Design (SATIN) haptic interface. It combines a robotic spline object with a virtual reality display, to allow a designer to physically manipulate and interact with curve lines in a virtual design.
