Personal moon
Some Russian designers made this oversized “personal moon” lamp. I think this could be a great idea for a child’s treehouse, and would make a good DIY remake. – [via] Link.
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Backyard surveillance system
David Bynoe, a Canadian artist, built this 20-foot-tall periscope, dubbed Blockwatch, in his backyard. Blockwatch – periscope surveillance system – [via] Link
The “music” of slot/pinball electro-mechanics
Daniel Vera, of Helsinki’s Association Experimental Electronics, has a cool Flickr set and a number of YouTube vids (linked from Flickr) of rusty n’ dusty components of pinball and slot machines being resuscitate and turned into clacking circuit-bent sequencers. Sequencer – Link
Desktop “Strandbeest” walker
The work of Dutch physicist-turned-artist Theo Jansen has inspired many, including us here at MAKE. His amazing “Strandbeest” (beach animals), giant wind-driven walking sculptures, are staggeringly cool. A number of miniature machine and robot builders have tried to incorporate some of Jensen’s ideas into their own work. Here, a Japanese maker has built a tabletop […]
SensorBib upright bass augmentation
Spencer Russell created a “sleeve” for his upright bass to house electronic sensors which detect his position relative to the instrument. The sensors use an Arduino board to communicate with a computer running PD (PureData) to translate the sensor information into sound. He used Blender and QCad to make a 3D model of his bass […]
Robotic flowers respond to SMS and web input
Matt Gardiner’s recent incarnation of his “Oribotics” (robotic origami flowers) project adds a networked component that allows visitors to send SMS messages to the cyborg buds from their cellphones as well as input control messages through a web-based interface. Says Matt, “At the moment we are working with compact computers (about the size of a […]