momo : a haptic navigation device – A haptic navigational device that requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. momo sits in the palm of your two hands and navigates you to an end location by leaning and vibrating. Akin to someone pointing you […]
There are lots of reasons why we should be weaning our society off of carbon based fossil fuels and moving to sustainable, renewable fuels. Pick which ever reason you like and get to work: Security: Do we need to barricade solar panels and wind mills like nuclear power plants? Decentralized power: If a corporation owns […]
If you’re prone to scratching or loosing your Wii games, there’s a way to back up your games to DVD and play them later. An alpha copy of Wii Backup Loader was leaked to the public a while back, and combined with the hack to enable your Wii to run homebrew, this will allow your […]
WhipUp shows us how to make this quick, colorful layered felt flower brooch using Ecospun Felt made from recycled plastic bottles.
Update 1: It looks like the process respawns itself after you type exit, so Ed’s suggestion of typing cat is the best one. So instead of typing exit, just type cat when your phone first boots up; this should render the rogue root shell harmless. Update 2: I woke up this morning to find that […]
KriÅ¡tof Kintera likes to make people nervous… He installs spinning circular saws in gallery floors, and rigs the plug at the end of an electric cord to release 50,000 volts in short bursts. Artworks that, just like your neighbor’s homemade flamethrower, scream “Stay away, don’t touch!” and then, after the initial jolt of fear, turn […]
This is some crazy chicken wing flappin’ action folks, and it looks like a lot of fun too! The system is powered by an Arduino and uses a hidden camera to analyze the players movement. There is a great flickr photo set of the build too! Existing consumer toy chickens were hacked, removing all circuits […]
