The 21st century carnival comes to town. The tents are getting pitched, the tools are being set out, the batteries are charging. Excitement builds as the first outlines of the 2008 Maker Faire Bay Area take shape. Above, Bay Area metal sculptor Dan Das Mann’s 39′ “Crude Awakening” sculpture prays for sunny skies and a […]
Students at Georgia Tech’s music technology and digital media groups have some new music performance work, including wireless computer keyboards worn as guitars for use with custom software for rockin’ out. Scott Driscoll writes: There was a multi-touch table with a variety of games and interactive movies, two Indian songs involving computers writing their own […]
Sean Michael Ragan writes: I built a homemade blast furnace and used it to melt scrap aluminum to pour this [Autobot] switchplate. Looks like Sean needs an Etsy shop, pronto. He provides some insight into how he made his mold, too.
Don’t forget to submit your projects to ArtBots, the deadline is May 1! ArtBots is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008. Creators of talented robots are invited to submit their […]
Moritz sent in his latest project called the “Pylofon”. It’s a wireless robotic xylophone that can be controlled via the Internet, a cell phone, or a Wiimote. We build it in two nights at Easter 2008, using 2 Graupner Servos, a 99c-xylophone, a cardboard-box, an Asus WL500gP-wlan-router with OpenWRT Kamikaze and Python 2.5, SSH, a […]
mp_industries berlin has felt weapons I’d actually like to be hit with – via NOTCOT.
Josh sent in this link to Michael Ulmans website. He makes incredible artwork from metal parts that he finds in junkyards, trash heaps, and dumpsters. Make sure to check out the “works in progress” and his gallery. Thanks Josh! Read more about Michael Ulman
