Suissa computers
Howard Suissa’s company makes the incredible hand crafted PCs out of wood, glass and other non-traditional materials that you’d actually want to display proudly in your living room – “” [via] – Link.
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Fire robots
Check out Racegreathouselabs robots and fire machines… I like the spider bot [via] – Link & photos.
Suspicious looking device
Casey writes – “To go along with the Geiger Counter mods, I had a counter stripped and powdercoated and replaced the electronics with my own (including distance sensor, LED display, motors, capacitive touch sensor, etc)to make a device capable of getting lots of attention if carried indiscreetly.” – Link.
Stencil Revolution – Stencil community
Stencil Revolution has a collection of stencil designs uploaded by artists, you can join upload your own, download others and check out all the resources/downloads to get started in making stencil art – How tos include: Ghostpatrol Guide to Making T-Shirts, Creating a 3 layer multicolour stencil, Using Chalk for your stencils, Converting a colour […]
Industrial drawings from the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian has a great collection of industrial drawings, doodles and sketches, like this Electro-mechanical fly catcher from Everett Huckel Bickley (1943) – “Drawing is a key element in the process of working out ideas. Drawing moves an idea from the “mind’s eye” to paper, the first step along the path from thought to three-dimensional […]
Record playing bicycle and record playing car engine
Artist Alexander Laner has a couple neat transportation-playing-art pieces, this motor was slowed down to play a record (33 rpm) mounted to the engine block, and this bicycle plays a record too! [via] – Link. Related: Papercone record player – Link. HOW TO – Copy a vinyl record – Link. Walk that vinyl – Link.
The Great glass pumpkin patch
Boston area Makers, glass pumpkins this weekend @ MIT! – “”The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch came to MIT in 2001 after a residency in the Glass Lab by 14 members of the Bay Area Glass Institute. Visit us this Friday evening to preview the complete installation of 1,000 handblown glass pumpkins, created by artists from […]