Machine paintings by Anton Perich
In the late 70’s Anton Perich designed and built an electric painting machine – check out his site for more wonderful pieces! – Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Stop motion LEGO video
Calazon Enterprises made a fun stop motion LEGO movie, with an unhappy ending for a frog. When will the frog abuse craze end? – [via] – Link. Related: More LEGO stop motion videos – Link. Stop Motion Animation, the Easy Way. With iStopMotion, making Gumby is less pokey. MAKE 02 – Page 129.
Tatjana van Vark – amazing art (collection)
Check out this collection of devices, sculptures, contraptions and more from Tatjana van Vark – Link. Pictured here, The Inertial Navigator Platform.
Chatty, a talking mannequin with a human face
Edo on Pink Tentacle writes – “Chatty, a talking mannequin with a human face, is on display at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2006 (at Tokyo Big Sight through March 26). Developed by Ishikawa Optics & Art Corporation, Chatty has a face that is brought to life by means of a video projector inside its […]
Electro-Mechanical Pong
“Real” Pong! – “Pongmechanik is an absolutely physical game. The game is realized electromechanically, and essentially consists of four elements: A relay computer, the mechanical movement with collision detection, the display and the acoustic components.” [via] – Link.
How Hearing aids are made
Pat writes – “Here’s another one for the archives, from “Industry on Parade”, the weekly show the NAM hosted in the 50’s. These are just so retro, they’re hysterical. The narrator, the music, the whole bit. This one shows hearing aids being made at the Solitone (sp?) Company in Elmsburg, New York. You see what […]
Juggernaut – da Vinci inspired wooden toy
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Smeece85’s writes – “My final Model for our second Industiral Design project this semester. The assignment was to create a wooden toy inspired by da Vinci. My solution is a car powered by a falling weight. Then the weight reaches the bottom of its arch, it hits a trigger and […]