Create fire with your mind using DIY pyrokinesis
Seth Hardy of Site 3 coLaboratory has merged a flamethrower with the NeuroSky MindSet EEG, creating the PK4A project and bringing pyrokinesis from science fiction into reality.
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Boattail Racer – Luxury pinewood derby cars
Boattail Racer via Chris. A masterpiece of aesthetic form and function inspired by the slippery lines of early 20th century low-drag coachwork — designs formulated by the science of aerodynamics, yet strikingly gorgeous. It’s not just a looker though – the Boattail Racer is handmade from materials that time cannot easily erode. The wooden bodywork […]
How-To: Create a Modern Large Scale Painting
The New Domestic shows you how you can easily create your own modern large scale painting for non-artists. With some painter’s tape and acrylic paint, you can easy make a colorful and bold piece of art for your home. [via How About Orange]
3D printed reaction vase
Jessica at Nervous System writes: I created this design yesterday for the Shapeways SIGGRAPH competition which asked designers to submit any design that costs less than $200 to 3dprint. Our submission is a sculptural vase generated by reaction diffusion, a process which simulates how chemicals diffusing across a surface react with one another to produce […]
GMLStenciler makes copying graffiti easy
Here’s another neat project out of the Studio for Creative Inquiry, the GMLStenciler
Interactive video mobile
A collaborative video mobile sculpture by Ken Rinaldo and Amy Youngs (consisting of) a large-scale, hanging mobile of projected video, playing in multiple screens. Viewers can interact via two live video feeds, which intermingle with videos captured from the natural and urban body of central Ohio. All are mixed into a dynamic and constantly changing […]
code.burningman.com – Open source at Burning man
code.burningman.com – Open source at Burning man Recognizing open source software’s participative role at Burning Man, we wish to maintain a healthy relationship with the open source software development community. We do this by releasing code, providing vital infrastructure and by creating new open source software development opportunities. To take gifting and collaboration beyond Black […]