Month: June 2011

3D Printed Bikini

These ladies have got it: combine form and function in one 3D file, and print out an entire bathing suit! It’s made from flexible nylon12 cured with an SLS process. I love hearing ladies talk about circle-fill algorithms. If you do too, don’t miss the video with designers Jenna Fizel and Mary Haung. It’s probably […]

A Wine Rack that Stores Yarn

Jacinda at Prudent Baby shared this re-use of an empty wine rack a while back. The rainbow of yarn colors is absolutely gorgeous, and I’d definitely want my crocheting chair and lamp nearby, so I could contemplate future projects while working on current ones. I couldn’t help but chuckle at the last line of Jacinda’s […]

Robot Band with Gestural Controller

Patrick Flanagan of Minneapolis, MN, wrote in with his excellent robot ‘percussion ensemble’. [I serve] as the token human in cyborg percussion ensemble Jazari, which fuses African rhythms, algorithmic composition, computer music, and electro-mechanics into beat-driven steamfunk. Besides percussion music, Jazari is influenced by funk, house, drum n bass, jazz, academic computer music, and spectral […]