Cement printer makes large 3d sculptures
Anish Kapoor and Factum Arte developed a cement printing process to create the art piece Greyman cries, Shaman Dies, Billowing Smoke, Beauty Evoked.
Year: 2010
1930s answer to GPS
Found this on Bored Panda, in a round-up of cool, wacky inventions from the past. Apparently the paper-roll map advanced based on the speed of the car. But wait, what happened when you turned onto a new street? You’d have to have quite the library of map-scrolls stashed in your car, and be doing a […]
Patterns by Eva Revolver
I love patterns! I think that my love of patterns comes from growing up in a house that had crazy wallpaper in every room. I would spend endless amounts of time staring at the wall looking for the repeat. (Yes, I was a strange child.) Some of my favorite patterns come from the mind and […]
More fun with plasma speakers
We’ve covered plasma speakers before, and these vids don’t really add much in the way of additional info, they’re just different variations on the theme — a theme I find endlessly fascinating. The top vid is by way of TechEBlog, the second is from John Warren (via Adafuit). Check out his blog post below for […]
Aspic Ascension: Jell-O Mold Winners
Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube and Vimeo. Competitors in this year’s Gowanus Studio Space Jell-O Mold Competition brought their best and really wowed the judges (including me!) on a hot night in Brooklyn last month. The grand prize winner was Shelly Sable for […]
Radar & microwave workshop
Greg Charvat, a researcher at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, wrote in to share his old workshop, the Rad Lab: This workshop is full of microwave test gear, analog test gear, new stock components, data books, sorted parts, etc. It also has a complete machine shop with a Bridgeport vertical mill, a drill press, compressed air, and […]
Wax Seal from a Wooden Dowel
I love getting mail — real mail, the kind that’s hand-written and covered with intriguing stamps. As a hopelessly old-fashioned teenager, I owned a seal with my initial on it, but I have no idea where it went. Now it’s as simple as making my own wooden wax seal. Now go write a letter!