Tobias Wong Portrait in Dice
13,138 dice were used to create this portrait of deceased designer Tobias Wong, one for each day he lived. His friend Frederick McSwain created DIE, and Core77 created the video of its assembly. [via MAKE]
Month: May 2011
Wall-, Ceiling-Climbing Robot With Supersonic Air Jet Grippers
Using special designed and machined grippers, this prototype ‘bot from researchers Matthew Journee, XiaoQi Chen, James Robertson, Mark Jermy, and Mathieu Sellier can climb wooden, metal, and cloth surfaces with ease. Rough textures and small gaps in the substrate apparently present no problem, and the video includes impressive footage of the machine dragging an additional half-kilo weight up a wooden door and rolling around upside-down on a ceiling made of glass.
How-To: Gardening Apron
Brett Bara’s latest project over on Design*Sponge is this cute gardening apron. This simple work apron will do the trick, keeping your gloves, seed packets and shears at your fingertips while you work in the garden. It’s super easy to sew using nothing but a few simple straight seams, so even if you’re just a […]
Touchscreen Interface Hacks
Interaction Designer Mike Knuepfel has been experimenting with extending capacitive touch interfaces and has put together a video demonstrating seven interesting touch UI projects. Similar to work done at Teague Labs and the Reactable project, Knuepfel looks to make touch interfaces even more tactile and expressive. [Thanks, Jake!] Touchscreens like those found on smartphones and […]
Alien Parasite Backpack
Not sure if it’s photoshoppery or not — but if it’s real… can haz!? [Via News on Japan]
MAKE Volume 26: DIY Simple Longboard
It’s safe to say I’m a board addict, so I was super excited to check out MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder’s Simple Longboard project in MAKE Volume 26, our Karts and Wheels issue. When Mark’s teenage daughter Serena asked for a longboard, Mark gave her his old classic board, but after a while, he missed having […]
Make Your Own Sputnik Lamp
Anyone who is a fan of design has no doubt drooled over the coveted classic Sputnik lamp. Anyone who is a fan of a sweet Swedish deal has probably considered the Ikea version. Jenny from Little Green Notebook came up with a sweet solution for a DIY version using the Ikea parts to create a […]