Moritz Waldemeyer’s illuminated guitars
Moritz Waldemeyer made these fuzzy LED and laser Gibson Les Pauls for OKGO, which I think might notch them a smidgen above Daft Punk in total wearable volts. [via Fashioning Technology] More: OKGO LED jackets
Year: 2009
Christmas tree siphon
Like having a real tree for Christmas tree, but hate having to crawl underneath it to keep it watered? Well, Andrew King has a pretty good solution.
ITP winter show 2009 – our favorites
The ITP winter show 2009 (a two day exhibition of interactive projects, sound and physical computing at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Tisch School of the Arts) is always a joy to visit (see our coverage from earlier in the week). Each year we visit the show and try to pick out a few favorites, it’s […]
Table Centerpieces on the Cheap
Minoo Hersini, an event planner, interior decorator, floral designer, and fashion designer, has come up with some clever ways to use vegetables, grasses, and fruit to make your centerpieces unique, beautiful, and cheap. She uses everything from radishes to green tomatoes to fancy beans to grasses to artichokes. Her stuff looks amazing, but I wondered […]
Table folds up into picture frame when not in use
This clever foldaway table from Ivy Design reminded me of a similar idea in James Hennesey and Victor Papanek’s classic 70s DIY furniture book Nomadic Furniture. Would be an easy remake. [via DVICE]
How-To: Make your own graphite resistors from pencil lead
Some audiophiles apparently think graphite resistors “sound better” than metal oxide or wound wire resistors. Whether that’s science or just myth, I don’t claim to know, but making one’s own resistors is pretty cool either way. Troels Gravesen’s tutorial shows you how. [via Hack a Day]
Felt IC
Collin @ MAKE points us to this felt IC from the MAKE Flickr pool by Origamiwolf: The various traced out parts are then scaled to the desired size, and borders then added for the seams. The chip is padded out with a rectangular foam block, and folded-up strips of aluminium foil are used to strengthen […]
