Daft Punk on 5 Floppy Drives
I love this floppy-drive rendition of Daft Punk’s “Derezzed” track from the Tron soundtrack, created by YouTube user MrSolidSnake745. [via Frankie]
Year: 2012
How-To: Mini Shell Succulent Planters
I love succulents—as long as you pick a hearty plant that’s right for your climate, you don’t need a bright green thumb to keep ’em alive! If you’re a fan of succulents too, check out these mini shell succulent planters from Megan at In Words and Pictures. I’d definitely like to scatter a bunch of […]
New in the Maker Shed: Knit-Shock! Needle Work Watch Kits
The needle geek inside me is rejoicing over one of the newest offerings in the Maker Shed. I’d actually stumbled on these stitched watches from The Mint House several months ago in some of my random internet digging, however, I couldn’t find an easy way to get them here in the States. I flipped out […]
Solar Heater From Can Lids and Woven Plants
An interesting experiment from students in a course at Humboldt State University called Appropriate Technology Engineering 305. The parabolic form is essentially a large, shallow basket woven with fibers of locally-gathered Himalaya blackberry, which the students identify as an invasive species. In good weather, their dish could boil a jar of water in about two hours. I always like to see the clever thinking that can result from radical design constraints. [via No Tech Magazine]
iPhone Cord-On-Board Case
Don’t you just hate it when your smartphone runs out of juice? If you’re like me, you’re probably not far from an open USB port, so you’re set if you’re the type that always carries around a spare cord. But that rarely happens, right? Not if makers Lucky, Nate, and Mark have anything to do about it. Their Cord-On-Board case for the iPhone 4 takes care of the need to always carry around a cord because it keeps one handy inside its durable PVC shell.
Hamster Powered Submarine
This project dates back to 2009, but it’s entirely new to me: the HPS Hamstar is a hamster-powered submarine constructed out of a 3-liter bottle, a hamster wheel, and a few other household materials (with a total cost of $57). Its maiden voyage—documented above—was powered by Houdina, now in retirement after a single trip in the submersible.
Computer Vision Camo: CV Dazzle
Remember Dazzle, the method of complex geometric camouflage painting introduced in WWI (designed to disguise the direction, size, and types of ships at sea)? Last year, New York University’s ITP student Adam Harvey’s Dazzle CV project brought a similar technology to modern facial recognition software.