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The Ravezooka

The Ravezooka

Benedetta Piantella Simeonidis and Lesley Flanigan “Ravezooka” – “The Ravezooka is a musical weapon that shoots a wide range of powerful “hardcore” sounds based on your target’s distance from the instrument. Hardware: Arduino, Ultrasonic Range Sensor, Infrared Proximity Sensor, Luxeon LED, amplifier, laptop computer Sound: Resembles an analog synthesizer manipulating sine wave frequencies with the […]

Realistic Flies – Fly tying

Realistic Flies – Fly tying

Clive makes amazing insects, he writes – “I enjoy creating artistic and realistic flies, which are not designed primarily for fishing, just having fun trying to imitate insects and striving to make them look as alive as possible. Some of these flies have been acquired by collectors and placed on display, others used for product […]

Largest published book in the world

Largest published book in the world

If you thought the Worldchanging book was big… Check out this one, it’s huge, 133 lbs! “According to Guinness World Records, at over five by seven feet (and 133 pounds), this staggeringly beautiful photographic book is the largest published book in the world–about one of the world’s smallest countries. Bhutan is the last intact Himalayan […]