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A fuel cell-powered remotely piloted aircraft buzzed quietly into the morning sky in a park near Van Nuys, Calif., August 25. The unorthodox flight was a triumph of collegiate innovation made possible by a nurturing program at California State University Los Angeles and a boost from NASA’s Academic Investments Office and the Air Force Office […]
Jaime Zollars is one of my favorite emerging artists on the scene right now. I love her classic yet playful style, and she just seems to get better and better. The slightly somber tone of the paintings on display in her current show (appropriately titled “Melancholia”) at Copro Nason gallery in Santa Monica is a […]
Tristan Roddis of blog.cogapp.com writes: Following the great instructions from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, I built one, and then reprogrammed the chip to create a crude persistence of vision device, which could then be velcroed onto my spokes for use as a propaganda tool during the Critical Mass bike ride. Hardware hacking – the next […]
The Evil Decoder (Ouiji Subwoofer) is: A modified subwoofer which vibrates a Ouiji Pointer over Ouiji letters, spelling out the sinister directives that have been encoded in all popular music as subliminal messages. produced for the Playlist Thursday dj set of the same name, July 27, 2006 at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto. […]
I love this glimpse into the crafty and kooky decor of Amy Sedaris that’s featured in the December issue of House & Garden. You can get a sneak peek of some of the photos over at design*sponge. Link.
Want to create a robot walking machine for yourself, but don’t want to deal with all of the fussy gyro stabilization and gait-control issues? Here’s how to fake it. (And get your started thinking about NEXT Halloween’s costume.) Build your own steampunk chicken-walker – Link
Sunshine’s Creations has a great tutorial on how to embroider you own felt ornaments by using cookie cutters as shapes. Link.
