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The 8-Bit Cities project, which started with 8-Bit NYC, is an attempt to make the city feel foreign yet familiar, smashing together two culturally common models of space: the lo-fi overhead world maps of 1980s role-playing and adventure games, and the geographically accurate data that drives today’s web maps and GPS navigation. I hope to […]
We’ve seen our fair share of steadicams over the years. Not content with waiting around for a commercial solution, maker Spencer Watson decided to whip together this gimbaled steadicam for his new iPhone 4.
Bill Hammack is one part Mr. Wizard and one part James Burke. He’s a professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his alter ego Engineer Guy has made over 300 public radio spots emphasizing the creative aspects of science and engineering. In this three minute video, Bill tears apart a photocopier and explains, with great wit and wisdom, how it works. Ten more videos are available at his site. I especially like the one about tantalum. [via Boing Boing]
And we’re back with our seventh installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. There was a lively debate about whether kids have a place in hackerspaces. The consensus seemed to be that kids would certainly benefit from the experience, if the group […]
More beautiful CC-licensed element photography from Wikipedia user alchemist-hp. Since I last wrote about his work, alchemist-hp has updated his (German) Wikipedia page with a clickable periodic table chronicling his ongoing quest to photograph each of the 94 naturally-occurring chemical elements. Right now he’s at 36.
Yes, it’s a log. It’s also an iPod speaker with quality sound called the iTree. Austrian designers KMKG worked with speaker company Lenz to design the 130-pound curiosity.
Creative re-use is always a plus. Check out this Joby Gorillapod being used as an iPad stand.
