Sea-Urchin chair – made with 8,000 zip ties
Sea-Urchin chair – made with 8,000 zip ties via NOTCOT.
Month: November 2008
The Upcyclist Party Contest – Bridesmaid Dress Table Settings
Hey stitchers! Check out this fun cocktail party decor sewn out of old bridesmaid dresses. These great party decorations were created by Flickr user Chica_and_Jo, and are one of the entries in the Singer/CRAFT Upcyclist Party contest! For all the details on how you too can enter to win prizes including a fab new Singer […]
Hand gesture multitouch using only a webcam
Andy Wilson of MS Research—a name you may recognize from yesterday’s $1 gesture recognition post—is responsible for a number of pretty unbelievable projects involving image processing and human computer interfaces. It’s the sort of stuff that really blurs the boundaries between real and digital environments. I was blown away by the video above, in which […]
Wall plays music when it rains…
The funnel wall at the Kunsthofpassage in Neustadt plays music when it rains… via NOTCOT.
Hand gesture multitouch using only a webcam
Andy Wilson of MS Research—a name you may recognize from yesterday’s $1 gesture recognition post—is responsible for a number of pretty unbelievable projects involving image processing and human computer interfaces. It’s the sort of stuff that really blurs the boundaries between real and digital environments. I was blown away by the video above, in which […]
Arduino powered R/C airplane
This is a really interesting project that uses an Arduino with an XBee to control an R/C airplane. You can purchase remote controls fairly inexpensively, but can they be infinitely hacked like an Arduino? How about 2-way communications? Think about all the cool sensors you could add! Read more about the Arduino powered R/C airplane […]
Stick receives high honor
A stick had the honor of being inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. I love what the curator had to say about it. “This toy is so fantastic that it’s not just for humans anymore. You can find otters, chimps and dogs — especially dogs — playing with it.” (Anyone else having Ren […]