Mr. Funky creator Narumi Ogawa will be teaching a crochet class at The Little Knittery in Atwater Village on Sunday, February 3, from 3-6pm. Students will learn to make their own super cute bear like this one–Narumi is even providing the plastic eyes and nose. Narumi has given me crochet lessons before (here‘s a link […]
Spinal Rhythms by Eva Schindling – The robotic art work Spinal Rhythms investigates the qualities and dynamics of physical movement performed by inanimate shapes. Abstract stick-creature are actuated by elastic shape memory alloy springs and perform slow and noiseless movements. The movements are the subject of an embodied evolutionary computation process that controls the robotic […]
I know, you’re thinking “another videogame clothing item?” but I couldn’t resist. The Kalaka, a boutique in Sao Paulo, is making these cute canvas kicks with a hand-painted Pac-Man design. – [via] Link.
Jeff at Out Your Backdoor recreated his brother’s fast sled design this winter: What you do is take a plastic tub sled ($10 hardware store) and screw a pair of XC skis to the bottom of it—if it’s a sled for kids—or a pair of metal-edge downhill skis if adults might use it. Use stout, […]
If you’ve ever wanted to customize a Blythe doll and have her actually get manufactured, you may want to consider entering the 3rd Annual Blythe Beauty Contest! The details: We are pleased to announce the call for entries for the 3rd Annual Blythe Beauty Contest! The three categories of this competition are: “Miss Natural Beauty” […]
The latest Citizen Scientist has a great article about knots Dorian M. Raymer! – What governs the annoying formation of random knots in strings, cords, and garden hoses? Mathematicians have studied knots for more than a century, but only in the abstract. As physicists, we have also found this to be an interesting physics problem. […]
The Small Object just came out with these sweet Celebration Candleholder Kids, which are handpainted wood and fabric toppers you can use to hold candles on any kind of cake. They’ve been sealed no less than five times, so they’ll wipe clean easily after use. Link.
