Today Google’s homepage celebrates the 100th birthday of artist Mary Blair. You may not recognize her name, but you will surely recognize her art. Blair was a concept artist for Disney, and her colorful, freewheeling style is evident in many Disney animated films. Her coup de grace is the It’s a Small World attraction at […]
Continue ReadingAfter a long out of stock period, the Getting Started with Arduino Kit is back in the Maker Shed! This popular kit includes everything you need to get started with the Arduino microcontroller (which is why we call it what we do.) The components in the kit match perfectly with Massimo Banzi’s newest Getting Started […]
Continue ReadingMy son was Frankenstein for Halloween when he was about two years old. Something about that little round face in the boxy Frankenstein costume just melted my heart. Maybe if I show him how awesome this Frankenstein hat from Delia Creates is, he’ll agree to going as Frankenstein for a second time. [via Dana Willard […]
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In honor of our Robots issue, illustrator Brian McLaughlin designed a rad robot wallpaper for you to download.
Continue ReadingMicrosoft Research is up to their usual cleverness: HoloDesk is a novel interactive system combining an optical see through display and Kinect camera to create the illusion that users are directly interacting with 3D graphics. A virtual image of a 3D scene is rendered through a half silvered mirror and spatially aligned with the real-world […]
Continue Reading. Tom Deininger makes unbelievable landscape assemblages from junk…although, it looks like there’s some pretty good stuff in there! [via Nag on the lake]
Continue ReadingOur friends at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have come up with some awesome specimen jars that will add the perfect touch of creepy to your Halloween table. They are even (generally speaking) edible, though folks’ stomachs might be turned a little too much to want to eat them. See what secret ingredients create these realistic […]
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