Weekend Project: LED Ice Cubes
Make a glass of LED ice cubes for conversation or decoration.
Month: January 2010
Weekend Project: Retro Wireless Handset
Combine new technology with old for a retro bluetooth handset that will get people talking. Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/weekend_project_retro_wireless_hand.html . More great projects at http://www.makezine.com
Weekend Project: Rumble Mouse
For old style FPS gaming, a cellphone vibrator gives a kick to your clicks. Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/weekend_project_rumble_mouse_pdf.html. More great projects at http://www.makezine.com
Wind turbine covered in LEDs
It’s a Xmas-time publicity stunt from German engineering conglomerate Siemens AG, which manufactures wind turbines and includes, among its vast holdings, a couple of wind power companies. The “Siemens Superstar” was created in collaboration with Munich multimedia artist Michael Pendra and installed on a large wind turbine in Fröttmaning at the gates of Munich, overlooking the A9 autobahn. It was up from November 29 through January 6. The Siemens publicity site has lots more info and some beautiful video. [Thanks, Rachel!]
Craft Spaces: Jenny Hart
We’ve been a huge fan of embroidery queen Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching for a long time. Today we get to peek into her workspace and find out how she keeps all her embroidery floss organized. Don’t forget to check out her new book, Embroidered Effects. Read on after the jump for more photos and […]
Caleb Larsen’s A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter
Perpetual online auction, internet connection, custom programming and hardware, acrylic cube… Combining Robert Morris’ Box With the Sound of Its Own Making with Baudrillard’s writing on the art auction this sculpture exists in eternal transactional flux. It is a physical sculpture that is perptually attempting to auction itself on eBay. Every ten minutes the black […]
Mind-melting jet model project
This 80+ page project doc, from a German maker, obsessively details every aspect of the construction of a scale model jet airplane, with working jet engines. The text is in German, but the images speak for themselves. Su27 Project