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Doc writes – “This man has done some amazing yo-yo projects in the past, including molding a leather yo-yo, and making yo-yos out of old yo-yo string, but in the linked project he took scraps of fabric and molded them into yo-yos. Damn, I’d love to have an argyle yo-yo.” – Link.
Here’s a decorative corset you can make with things around your house from a plastic bin, duct tape, old t-shirt, and some non-stretchy fabric. Link.
Judith Fegerl’s haie raising ceramic sphere – “20cm long human hair is embedded into the ceramic sphere. The object is charged by a high voltage generator (about 120-200kVolts) and the embedded hair is standing upwards due to the electromagnetic field. Rhythmical it slowly charges and discharges.” [via] – Link.
Drawn rounds up Jason Hackenwerth’s balloon art – Thanks Chuck! Littlejohn Contemporary – Link. The Proposition – Link. Site projects – Link. Savannah College of Art and Design – Link.
Gravity Girl writes – “Well, I first saw a nabaztag here, and had to have one. When it finally arrived, I cracked open the API and started playing with it. Here, after a weekend or so of work (because javascript isn’t my language of choice) is a dashboard widget for macintosh users to put in […]
Adam Brandejs made a really cool animatronic flesh franken-shoe controlled by a MP3 player – “The shoe is stitched together with multiple pieces of latex rubber cast out of moulds made from my own skin. The shoe’s toe and heel raise and lower as it occasionally vibrates/pulsates, and twitches on the floor as if it […]
I really like these DIY “over” shoes from artist Eelko Moorer. [via] – Link.
