André simulates what might it might be like if the elements of a video test pattern suddenly broke rank and became free of their eternally monotonous task. It’s worth mentioning that the video was created entirely in FinalCut and the music was recorded by Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
Matt Wegner found Jeff Carter’s cool IKEA furniture sculpture on IKEA Hacker. I love it, but I also think it would make me slightly motion sick. The Catalog (Blue Tables) are made from Lack tables, each one is cut and reassembled and includes a motorized leg that tilts the table gently up and down. The […]
We’ve all had this problem before: Our parents call us up in dire need of “tech support” for their “new fangled gadgetry” that they can’t seem to figure out how to operate. I know this happens to me every month or so, or whenever I go home. In response to this, Dan O’Sullivan (co-author of […]
I learned something new today: shaving one Persian cat produces enough hair to make a handbag: I won’t be buying one anytime soon, but one must applaud the ingenuity! (via Inhabitat) UPDATE: this was posted last week by Gareth, sorry!
This 2004 piece by Osman Khan, the Art Dispensing Machine (ADM): The ADM plays with the notion of creating art in the age of digital reproduction. Using Market-Of-One strategies, where companies wish to market and provide goods and services targeted at individual preferences, the ADM produces unique prints, for the visitor to take with them, […]
Often finding herself without the ability to swing, Rachel Griffin designed the swing skirt: Equipped with ropes that can be swung easily over any horizontal bar, the Swing Skirt allows for a lighthearted experience in the dreary urban landscape. Using existing city terrain, one can swing on anything from the traditional tree branch, to a […]
Instructables has a really nice how-to on building your own “Mr Fusion” ala Back to the Future in order to allow your car to run on garbage. This mod uses a Honda Accord to do the trick creating a “gasifier” which basically converts any “any solid dry organic matter into a clean burning, carbon neutral, […]
