http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12748440&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ff0179&fullscreen=1 Crossroads (what not to do) is a video installation with GPS devices by artist Garvin Nolte: The video installation “crossroads (what to do)” deals with the influence of others onto one’s own path of life in an abstract way. [via Core77]
When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be a mermaid or fish while swimming, I only wish I had one of these! Instructables user msaraann made this super adorable and simple mermaid tail out of a monofin and some spandex swim fabric. This kid looks like one happy customer!
Another gem from Madox.NET.
Craig Crutchfield’s beautiful garage workshop is “a man cave, a sanctuary, a workspace.” Mostly I build these really crusty picture frames for my really crusty photography out there. But I also use it as a photo studio for a down and dirty look. It’s a laboratory for making camera gear and Frankenstein cameras. I make […]
These awesome crochet fruity trivets and pot holders from The Purl Bee are a perfect summer project. They are super cute and would make great housewarming gifts for friends! [via Makes Me Happy]
Researchers at Tokyo University have come up with a technology that they hope could be a significant step away from the mouse and keyboard: touchable holograms. Hiroyuki Shinoda, professor at Tokyo University says: “Up until now, holography has been for the eyes only, and if you’d try to touch it, your hand would go right […]
The folks over at cellbots.com are at it again. Meet TRRSTAN, a cellbot controlled via the audio jack on a mobile handset. The site is a little vague on the details, but whatever they’ve got going on should ultimately drive down the price tag. Add an approachable way to program it and you’d have yourself one heck of a low-cost robotics platform.
