RC Heli with POV display
Blue LEDs on top, gold underneath. I love the shout of glee at 11 seconds when the image first appears. Mziwisky hits it out of the park with this one. Hats off to you, sir. [via Hack a Day]
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Maker Hobbies: Papercraft mech automaton
In response to Gareth’s post asking readers to share some of their hobbies, J Hodgie shared this fantastic walking papercraft mech warrior. Fantastic work!
How-To: Preserve a Candy Portrait
Andrew Salamone follows up his now-famous Nerds portrait with a project for CRAFT on preserving candy portraiture: Let’s say that you were overzealous with your Halloween candy purchases this year (or maybe trick-or-treater traffic was down in your neighborhood) and now you have a big bag or two of candy that you don’t really want […]
How-To: Preserve a Candy Portrait
By Andrew Salomone Let’s say that you were overzealous with your Halloween candy purchases this year (or maybe trick-or-treater traffic was down in your neighborhood) and now you have a big bag or two of candy that you don’t really want to eat. And then let’s say that there is someone you’ve been meaning to […]
How artificial eyes are made
Artificial eyes are amazing! In this How it’s Made video, the creator uses takes an alginate impression of a patient’s eye and then refines and casts it in acrylic, affixing a hand-painted iris. They even use silk threads to give the look of blood vessels. The video’s a little gross, but completely fascinating. More: Eye […]
USB Dead Drops (video)
Artist and Eyebeam resident Aram Bartholl’s USB Dead Drops project is raising lots of discussion in the security and file sharing communities. The project release is now in full swing with this video showing how the USB drives were installed in different places around NYC. Aram writes: ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to […]
Floating in an Origami boat
German artist Frank Bölter created this giant Origami boat (like this one), then sailed it on the Thames.
