Atomic disruptor raygun
Gorgeous raygun construction, spotted on the MAKE Flickr pool, fashioned from old radio and camera parts. Atomic Disruptor Raygun More: MAKE 17: “Discreet Companion” Ladies’ Raygun Tinkerbots’ rayguns
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Eyebeam Open Call for Summer/Fall 2009 Residency
A great oppurtunity to do awesome things @ Eyebeam’s Art & Technology Center – Eyebeam Residencies Summer / Fall 2009 You’ve got big ideas. You could use a little time and money, not to mention support and inspiration, to create a visionary project. Apply between April 1 and May 15 for Eyebeam’s Summer/Fall 2009 Residency […]
Ukrainian dyed eggs
Wondering what to do to create that special Easter egg? A few years ago I got a bit obsessed with Ukranian Easter eggs. They took loads of time, but resulted in some very attractive eggs that would be memorable to any ovorecipient. After blowing out the eggs, I had a very nice omelet with garlic […]
Make Controller + 23,520 LEDs = Bluerain
Bluerain is a zillion blue LED installation based on a desktop computer running a QT app, a Make Controller (of course) and 98 x 16 LED cluster water-proof wall units running awesome TI LED PWM chips (TLC5941). Total number of LED: 23520. Total power: 50W. Levels of brightness: 4096. LED Colors: 1. BLUE. In its […]
Garage Science at MediaLab Prado
We make money not art covers a series of biological art projects from the recent Interactivos? Garage Science workshop at MediaLab Prado. Andy Gracie’s Garage Laboratory uses homebrew magnetic field and radio wave generators and investigates their effects on the behavior of microbes found in urban environments – The project was using magnetic field data […]
Fluid sculpture from plastic tubing
Pull out your dusty nifty knitter, some surgical tubing, a small liquid pump, and you’ve got yourself this mesmerizing little “fluid sculpture“. I just keep watching it over and over, and thinking of new possibilities for shapes and patterns! Apparently the creators will be at Maker Faire in May; I’m looking forward to seeing it […]
Crafting for guys
From an item called DIY Dangerous Toy – The Universel Cycle Buddhist temple made from beer bottles Bicycle table I’m not ashamed to admit it: I’m a dude who crafts. I like altering books, journaling, papercraft, rubber stamping, mail art, making stickers, and… God help me for saying this … “scrapbooking” (tho not the sucky […]