Centaur Skeleton
Reportedly a custom job by osteological specimen-house Skulls Unlimited, though I can find no mention of it on their site.
Month: September 2011
Waterwheel Powered Musicboxes
This is a wonderful project made by one of my favorite creators of beautiful whimsey, Niklas Roy and his friend La belle Imira for Berlin’s Museum Night. He calls it a “water powered multi channel sound installation”. I call it awesome. Imira and I connected the huge water wheel in the outside area of Berlin’s […]
How-To: Easy Halloween Mummy
After some debate yesterday as to whether these adorable little guys were ghosts or mummies, Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous solved their identity crisis by dirtying them up a bit with a stamp pad. The aging effect was the perfect final touch, and she shared her easy halloween mummy tutorial with the rest of us today […]
How-To: Felt Jellyfish
On our first visit to the Texas Gulf Coast, my daughter was stung by a jellyfish. Ever since, she kind of flips out when she sees pictures of them. I’m thinking this sweet felt jellyfish project from Melissa of Checkout Girl might be just the thing to help my daughter see them in a whole […]
Polargraph Drawing Machine
Inspired by Hektor the spraycan robot and following in the footsteps of the AS220 Drawbot and Harvey Moon’s Drawing Machine, Edinburgh maker Sandy Nobel’s Polargraph puts a spin on the hanging drawing machine. Using a dual-polar coordinate system instead of the standard cartesian gives the machine its unique name and particular style.
Computer Controlled Marble Sorter
Depending on the color of the marble, this elaborate computer controlled marble sorter will open a particular gate to select a marble of similar color. Further on down the line marbles are combined into sets and then deposited back into the hopper where the process starts anew. It’s very mesmerizing in a zen garden meets executive plaything way.
Vi Hart on “What is Up with Noises?”
The amazing Vi Hart (daughter of our Math Monday columnist George Hart) has blown our minds again with this over 12 minute video explaining the math, science, and art behind sound. In many of Vi’s videos, she talks really fast, and it’s a style that works for her, but for something this info-dense, with lots of visual aids, it’s worth going through a few times to absorb everything.
