Street Sign Furniture
I really dig this street sign furniture by Texas-based designer Tim Delger, who classifies it as art, furniture, and stolen government property. [via Unconsumption] More: Bulletproof Binder
Month: April 2011
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Powering MP3 Player
Ran into this on the element14 site and thought it was interesting. It’s technology I don’t really know that much about. Maybe you all do. This video is of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Hydrogen Fuel Cell (green color) powering a MP3 player. A PEM water electrolyser is show on the background (blue device) to […]
30 Days 30 Things
I love these sites where people challenge themselves to do a project every day for a month, or a year, or whatever. I think that, being under this kind of pressure, with lots to produce, frees you up, in a weird way, to get really creative, to think outside the box. Here, University of Applied […]
Made On Earth — Orbital Illusion
Fairgoers at the 2010 Bay Area Maker Faire were mesmerized by a massive, steel-and-glass orrery gently rotating in the main hall.
Made On Earth — Pooled Resources
Rather than sink money into filling in or restoring their run-down swimming pool, Dennis and Danielle McClung transformed it into a desert greenhouse.
Made On Earth — Delicate Machinations
Glass blower Andy Paiko has painstakingly re-created intricate antique machines almost exclusively out of glass — and yes, they all work.
Made On Earth — RFID Radios
Matt Brown’s idea is to affix an RFID chip inside a laser-cut, flat-pack paper radio, and then pair the radio with a speaker base with an RFID reader.