Crochet Broccoli and Cauliflower
Japanese crochet artist jungjung made these fabulous crochet broccoli and cauliflower heads. They’re part of an exhibition of crochet lace that also includes a carrot with delicate crochet greens. [via 203gow]
Month: August 2010
Coffee Table Made From 92 VCR Tapes
When I’m at the thrift store and see piles of old VCR tapes, I always wonder why in the world people would want them and what on Earth they could do with them. Well, Luisa Montealegre used 92 of those tapes and transformed them into a cool coffee table.
What are your favorite hackerspace projects?
Remember Adam Cecchetti and Bre Pettis’s Sudo Make Me a Sandwich Robot? That’s the sort of genius that gets cooked up in hackerspaces all the time. Leave a comment with a link to your favorite completed or largely-completed project that was germinated in a hackerspace. Your own projects are fine, don’t be modest!
128 vintage pocket calculators
We first discovered Emil Dudek’s online index of vintage pocket calculators back in 2006, but it’s grown dramatically since then. [via adafruit]
Starship Enterprise made from ink cartridges
Starship Enterprise made from ink cartridges via io9. Pete writes – We gave artist Faith Pearson some empty ink cartridges that were going to be thrown away and asked if she could do anything with them. We were blown away when she came back with these scenes and models including famous Sci Fi movies! It […]
Electric organ and speakers with Lucite cases
Although the chrome-plated keys are, IMHO, a rather more questionable design choice, this stunning Wersi Digital DX500 organ and speaker set currently for sale just goes to support my pet theory that transparent-cased electronics, preferably of the colorless “water white” variety, have timeless aesthetic appeal. [via Boing Boing]
USB-Powered Magic Trackpad
Out of the box Apple’s Magic Trackpad is a battery-powered device. While this may be convenient for some, others prefer a wired connection. MacRumors Forums user markbog decided to convert his new trackpad to run off the USB.
