Holiday Gift Guide 2012: Park’s Picks
John Edgar Park’s Picks for Holiday Gifts.
Technology
Construction Warning Lights Hacked into Flowers
My friend Sean McIntyre and his collaborator Reid Bingham created Public Constructions, a light installation that borrows its aesthetic from construction barricades and warning lights. The tech behind it is pretty cool, too. “The 10 foot tall glowing flowers in the installation were made from 64 hacked traffic barricade lights,” according to their site. “Each […]
Raspberry Pi Christmas Light Controller
I jumped at the chance to to post this video since it combines a few of our favorite things: Christmas, Raspberry Pi, and Star Wars all rolled into one project. Posting under the name Chivalry Timbers, this maker created a MIDI-synced Christmas light display that uses the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins connected to solid state […]
The Pebble Won’t be Home for Christmas
The cautionary tale of the Pebble smartwatch grows a bit longer. Shipment of the Pebble, a Kickstarter star that raised $10 million from backers, has been delayed again and won’t ship by Christmas as promised. The new ship date: “soon.”
Richard Clarkson’s Cloud, a Thunder and Lightning Visualizer
Cloud consists of an Arduino, Wave Shield, LEDs, & speakers hidden inside a simulated cloud. Acting as both a semi-immersive lightning experience, or as speaker with visual feedback, this nightlight/nightspeaker hybrid introduces a new discourse for what a nightlight could be. Richard writes: “Advances in physical computing and interaction design hardware over recent years have […]
Cocktail Robot Festival Roboexotica This Weekend
Roboexotica, a cocktail robot festival, will be held this weekend in Vienna.
Raspberry Pi Heat Maps
Remy at Spanish-language tech site Geektopia is a Raspberry Pi enthusiast with access to a thermal imager. Sounds like my kind of guy.