Chris writes – This project is part of an art installation currently running at James Madison University’s artWorks gallery in Harrisonburg, VA. The ‘Motor Garden’ uses an Intel PC camera and Processing to trigger a set of 8 motors connected through several H bridges to an Arduino microcontroller. The camera is mounted near the ceiling […]
This stunning wine glass door bell is a good candidate for a (re)make – What we know as a doorbell is a square box that strangely enough says nothing about what a doorbell really is: an appliance consisting of an electromagnet, a hammer and two sound sources. In this design by Peter van der Jagt, […]
GarageGeeks have a ton of amazing projects: Guitar Heronoid (we covered this one previously), Mototank, CPod, Real Pac-Man, O-Re-Ly, Geek-o-meter and many many more… Pictured here, MotoTank! Take two motorcyles, cut them in two and connect them to a wheel. What do you get?? A tank! Each (half) motorcyle is completely independant with its own […]
These are fun, laser cut fake leather watches – eealfakewatches are wristwatches that only work for one minute every day (well, two for analog ones). they are being made by linda kostowski and invited other designers. the watches are laser cut from three pieces of genuine leather and manually assembled. they are fastened with velcro. […]
Sachiko Kodama & Yasushi Miyajima created these amazing music-synced ferrofluid sculptures- “Morpho Towers–Two Standing Spirals” is an installation that consists of two ferrofluid sculptures that moves synthetically to music. The two spiral towers stand on a large plate that hold ferrofluid. When the music starts, the magnetic field around the tower is strengthened. Spikes of […]
Sid sent in these business cards that grow, design your image, send it in, drop them in water and watch the alfalfa grow – Link & photos.
Spluch writes – This is a scale model (approximately 1:900) of the Sydney Harbor Bridge assembled by Brian Sheehy from Sydney, Australia in 1984-1985. 9,734 matchsticks and split paddlepop sticks were used in its construction which took a period of 6 months and 420 hours to complete. Carpenters and P.V.A wood glue were used in […]
