Art made from maps
Gorgeous photo set of art made from maps via NOTCOT & store.
Month: December 2008
“Stupid Robot” contest
I like “dumb bots” (a.k.a. BEAM robots) as much as the next analog electronics fan, but Baca RoboCup is something entirely different. These baca (“foolish” or “stupid”) robots are meant to be as idiotic as possible and must be “useless to society,” in fact, the biggest chucklebot is voted the winner. BTW: It also states […]
Habu Textiles Annual Sale
The amazing Habu Textiles has started their annual yarn sale – they have the coolest yarns made of paper, silk, cotton, ramie, lots of strange and wonderful stuff for all kinds of art projects!
Simple DS talkbox
Prolific podcaster jetdaisuke shares this super-simple recipe for a talkbox upgrade to Korg’s Nintendo DS synthesizer – using straw + tape.
Remote control made to be more “human-like”
This gel-remote control which was redesigned by Panasonic as something that is “waiting to be touched” actually seems a bit more freaky than functional. Constructed from a soft, flesh-like gel, the remote appears to be cold when turned off. When on, a soft light glows from its middle and the device begins to mimic the […]
Visible atari punk console … in progress
From the MAKE: Flickr pool The Botomless Paddling Pool constructed this excellent freeform APC circuit – I’m taking a paper in the first semester coming up on making your own synth from scratch and I thought that I’d better polish up on my electrical knowledge as it’s been a while since I’ve done anything that […]
Gingerbread House SketchUp Contest
Google’s having a SketchUp modeling challenge: the first annual Google SketchUp Gingerbread House Design Competition. From the Google blog: To make it a little easier to design the gingerbread house of your dreams, I modeled a blank house to get you started. Go ahead and download it from the 3D Warehouse, then follow the instructions […]