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The Chrono shredder!

The Chrono shredder!

This awesome calendar shreds away as the days goes by – The chrono_shredder is one product from a fictional series of products, which are developed under the umbrella of “memento vivere” (remember that you also have to live your life). Those products target at people with hibernation obsession. The Chrono_Shredder is a device that makes […]

Space fans save  Apollo dish

Space fans save Apollo dish

A bunch of HAM radio folks bought and restored the 1968 Apollo com dish – A chance reading of a “for sale” advertisement in a weekly newspaper has launched a group of 30 space history buffs on a mission to save the 30-meter Jamesburg AT&T/Comsat satellite dish about an hour from Monterey, Calif. The dish […]

Remodelling the world

Remodelling the world

Spluch writes in – Dutch artist Edwin Zwakman produces large-scale photographs by painstakingly reconstructing objects and landscapes from memory! The pylon pictured above is made from approximately 400 pieces of copper soldered together. Each cable is made from vinyl, and cotton wool is used in background. CR Blog » Blog Archive » Remodelling the World […]

Motor garden

Motor garden

Chris writes – This project is part of an art installation currently running at James Madison University’s artWorks gallery in Harrisonburg, VA. The ‘Motor Garden’ uses an Intel PC camera and Processing to trigger a set of 8 motors connected through several H bridges to an Arduino microcontroller. The camera is mounted near the ceiling […]

GarageGeeks – amazing projects

GarageGeeks – amazing projects

GarageGeeks have a ton of amazing projects: Guitar Heronoid (we covered this one previously), Mototank, CPod, Real Pac-Man, O-Re-Ly, Geek-o-meter and many many more… Pictured here, MotoTank! Take two motorcyles, cut them in two and connect them to a wheel. What do you get?? A tank! Each (half) motorcyle is completely independant with its own […]