VGA to stereo audio adaptor lets you listen to video
Last year, artist Kyle McDonald was trying to figure out ways to get high-frequency analog signals out of his computer, and noticed that nice VGA connector on the side of the computer.
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Pixel orca sculpture
Douglas Coupland is the sculptor responsible for this luscious voxel orca sculpture outside the Vancouver convention center. See a few more pictures after the jump! [Thanks, Andrew Salomone!]
Retro hipster art blocks
I’ve been a huge fan of typemakers House Industries ever since, well since I was a graphic designer, which was a long time ago. I not only love their font families, mainly “atomic age” retro-modern designs, but a lot of the swag and type-inspired products they increasingly design and sell. Case in point are the […]
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.
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 […]