I should start considering more fiber enclosures for electronics, look how awesome this soft crawly earth robot is! However, creators Osamu Iwasaki and Hanakomet still call it RobotKnit, despite the fact that it is clearly crochet. After watching the video on repeat for the last fifteen minutes, I think I can forgive them. [via Fashioning […]
Are these textile skulls supposed to be human? Ape? Gas masks? I can’t tell, but I also can’t stop staring. [via Street Anatomy]
From Japanese crafter ã†ã‚ã, who is also Flickr user urone317. [via CRAFT]
Becky Joiner of Becky Blue J is a fellow teacher of mine at the Stitch Lab here in Austin. I’ve seen tons of students leave her sewing classes looking hip and adorable in their new dresses and skirts Becky so skillfully guides them through making. She has tons of experience and tips and tricks up […]
So it turns out, happily, that the mercury beating heart demo I wrote about a couple days ago can also be done with molten gallium, which is vastly less toxic than mercury and requires only slightly higher temperatures. The chemists at the University of Nottingham who produce The Periodic Table of Videos made this very informative video demonstrating the process, which is slightly different from the mercury beating heart demo in that there is no iron nail present. The gallium blob “beats” anyway, but much slower than the mercury with the nail. I bet using a nail would make the gallium version beat just as fast. [Thanks Filip!]
If you thought running Android on a N900 was a nifty hack, you should check out this video of OS X 10.3 running in emulation on the N900. It’s dog-slow, but it does boot and goes to show that you’ll want a better interface when you start using smaller screens.
Tim O’Reilly points out this hypnotic demonstration by Lucky Dragons – “PEACE ON EARTH” brings all radio stations together via frequency modulation – two radios with home-made autotune on every signal received. every station is in tune with every other station. even static is in tune. peace on earth. If current trends are any indication, […]
