Bread chairs
Bread chairs by Enoc Armengol: not for sitting, only for nomming (and admiring)! [via Core77]
Year: 2010
Blind camera takes somebody else’s photos
Buttons is part of a project by artist Sascha Pohflepp called Blinks and Buttons. It is, essentially, a “blind camera.” It has no optical parts, only a big inviting red button and an LCD screen. When you press the button, it records the time, then wirelessly searches the internet for a photo taken at the same moment. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Iron-On Tuxedo Shirt
If you want to look dapper without the discomfort of a full fancy tuxedo, grab this downloadable iron-on tuxedo shirt transfer from Jessica of How About Orange.
CODEORGAN turns sites into songs
When fed a valid URL, CODEORGAN gets to work arranging an original, often quite danceable piece of music determined by several characteristics of the site’s HTML. So explaineth the CODEORGAN – THE CODEORGAN ANALYSES THE *BODY* CONTENT OF ANY WEB PAGE AND TRANSLATES THAT CONTENT INTO MUSIC. THE CODEORGAN USES A COMPLEX ALGORITHM TO DEFINE […]
Behind the scenes of OK Go’s Rube Goldberg video at Ignite Los Angeles
Ok Go had a video idea for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass”. They approached Adam Sadowsky, president of Syyn Labs, to design a Rube Goldberg inspired machine in which they would base their music video around. After months of preparation and 20 consecutive 18 hr days, they finally got the perfect take. Adam explains all the tedious fun!
Impromptu live streaming video rig
We just finished up with Ignite Sebastopol, part of Global Ignite Week. During the setup the camera we were going to use to stream the event ended up not working, so we cobbled together this live streaming video rig using a clamp, some duct tape, a light stand, and my Nexus One using the ustream app.
New in the Maker Shed: ShapeLock
Shapelock allows you to rapidly create mechanical prototypes parts, brackets, housings, molds, etc. This amazing plastic melts in hot water and locks rigidly at room temperature! Super Strong, Tough, Safe and Reusable!