How-To: Seed bombs
if you want to liven up a local vacant lot or other area but don’t have easy access for guerilla gardening, make some seed bombs and throw them over the fence.
Month: June 2009
Three Dollar T-Shirt Transformation
Johna from Stop Staring and Start Sewing took this three-dollar plain t-shirt and transformed it into a swanky stylish shirt with just a few cuts and stitches.
G4 Cube with LEGOmotion
I though this was especially cool until I discovered that there’s no G4 left in the G4 Cube — the LEGO mechanics, sensors, and control take up the entire inside space. Still cool, tho. Maybe a single-board computer could squeeze in there? Transforming LEGO Apple Power Mac G4 Cube [via Hacked Gadgets]
Yet another pet feeder project
I love this video that Andres Leon did with parts he got from adafruit. Limore writes: Sometimes we wonder what folks do with the Xbees and kits we sell, and sometimes we get to see the fantastic project, like this one! Arduino-based laser controlled wireless automatic cat food dispenser. Arduino-based laser controlled wireless automatic cat […]
Dorkbot – Seattle art show
The Seattle chapter of Dorkbot, in collaboration with 911 Media Arts Center, is opening a new juried art exhibit, “Strange Things,” with an opening night party on June 27th, 2009. Sayeth the Press Release: New and exciting genres of art emerge as artists, scientists and technologists bring together their expertise to push the boundaries of […]
Performance with 64 helium balloons
Robert henke & Christopher Bauder made this installation/performance piece called Atom: A room is filled with deep, evolving noises from a four-channel sound system. An eight-by-eight array of white, self-illuminated spheres floats in space like the atoms of a complex molecule. Through variable positioning and illumination of each atom, a dynamic display sculpture comes into […]
Flashback: Make yourself invisible (online)
In MAKE Volume 15, we ran a simple 5-step project on how to acquire a bulletproof, anonymous online identity. Every day this knowledge seems to get more relevant. The article was authored by Publius, who “prefers to write anonymously about anonymity.” Published in August of 2008, the intro reads: In May of this year, a […]
