Surreal wallpaper
This is pretty neat, you send off measurements of your home, things on the walls and SURREALIEN prints out hi res wallpaper that looks extremely trippy – [via] Link.
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Ugly mailboxes
This site called “Your Ugly Mailbox” collects photos of mailboxes, some ugly I suppose, but I really like them – [via] Link.
Broken bike component sculpture art
Chris writes in with some great bike sculptures! – I’ve been making sculptures with broken bicycle components and finally got round to taking photos of them. The sculptures are harder to make than you’d think because they are bolted together using existing holes rather than welded like the stuff you sometimes see in stores. The […]
James Lebron Etch-A-Sketch art
Here’s a time lapse of a LeBron James created on an Etch-a-Sketch – See for the first time Etch A Sketch artist George Vlosich creating his one of a kind artwork. This five hour etch of LeBron James is sped up so that you can see every line he makes and step he takes to […]
British artist installs phone link to dying glacier
You can call a glacier to check up on it…kinda sad. With the help of sponsors, Virgin Mobile and Dolphinear, Paterson was able to drop a hydrophone into the icy lagoon where the glacier is disappearing and pick up the sounds. The waterproof microphone is linked to a phone and amplifier housed in a tent […]
The Thermoacoustic organ
Richard writes in- I’ve always been interested in sterling engines and how just by a temperature gradient work could be done. This is attractive technology since anything that produces heat (solar death ray) can be converted into other forms of energy ie. acoustical or electrical. While doing research on the subject, I was intrigued by […]
Make a trash puppet (Sea turtle marionette)
Here’s how to make a sea turtle marionette from some trash laying around – [via] Link.