Blackboard Idea Globe
Make a cool chalk blackboard out of an old school globe.
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Multiprocessor CD-ROM chess table
This DIY chess table is made from a ton of old CDs and Pentium processors – Link.
Avian android
Judith’s work replicates bird’s voices mechanically. Lots of gear wheels, bellows, little pipes, tubes and whistles – all brass, she writes – “Taking “The Chinese Nightingale”, a tale of Hans Christian Andersen, as a startingpoint to delevop an individual view on the topic of mechanical reproduction of a living organism. The chant of the nightingale, […]
Electrolytic etching of brass for Moleskin notebooks
Jake writes in with his latest project – “I used a 19th Century technique called electrolytic etching to create brass cover plates for a set of Moleskin notebooks that I plan to give as gifts these season.” – Link.
Low-Cost illuminated signage for todays responsible citizen
Here’s the how-to from one of 11 Spring’s graffiti pieces, Q-Branch writes – “Low-cost, illuminated signage for todays responsible citizen courtesy of the GRL and the Eyebeam OpenLab. This tutorial will explain the tools and processes we used to combine LED christmas lights, plexi-glass and rope to make our own low-power signage on the cheap.” […]
Radio-guy’s collection of radios, scientific / medical electronics and more!
Steve (Radio-guy) has an amazing collection of old masks, helmets, motors, tools, medical gear, steam engines, scientific equipment and an assortment of things you’ve probably never seen – check it (and the museum pages)… [via] – Link.
The Ravezooka
Benedetta Piantella Simeonidis and Lesley Flanigan “Ravezooka” – “The Ravezooka is a musical weapon that shoots a wide range of powerful “hardcore” sounds based on your target’s distance from the instrument. Hardware: Arduino, Ultrasonic Range Sensor, Infrared Proximity Sensor, Luxeon LED, amplifier, laptop computer Sound: Resembles an analog synthesizer manipulating sine wave frequencies with the […]