Lenny writes – “When I get the time, whenever I’m near water, I’ll beachcomb for bits of wood, feather or anything else that appeals and make some boats. I apply a set of rules for each construction which vary occasionally, depending on how lazy I feel – eg. I might only build the boat out […]
Steve writes – “British smoothie manufacturer innocent are organising a music festival in London at the start of August, and as a publicity thing – showing the awesome power of the fruit they use – they created a huge battery out of oranges and lemons to power a fabulous retro radio and a little dancing […]
John writes – “Making a silver coin into a pendant – I use 1964 or earlier silver coins and removed all traces of the original design. I use worn junk-bin coins I find at a local coin shop.” – Link.
One-upping the wallpaper trend, London-based textile designer Linda Florence applies a silvery sheen of the type used on scratch-off lottery tickets to a floral pattern. With all of the joy of discovery minus inevitable disappointment over the losing odds, Florence’s design is a new foray into interactive dรยฉcor. Contact her directly through her site for […]
DIY:Happy has a good round up of ways to do solvent transfers (pictured here one from a moleskine gallery)… – “Doing a solvent transfer is probably the quickest, easiest way to get an image onto a T-Shirt, Moleskine, or other surface. Like screen printing, the image is applied directly the surface. Unlike screen printing, this […]
Multiplayer Atari, using a giant joystick from artist Mary Flanagan… “Inviting users to play classic arcade games by collaboratively moving on and controlling a 9-foothigh joystick (modelled after the 1980 Atari 2600 one), Mary Flanagan highlights the spatial and social role of the interface. The joystick itself becomes a social sculpture and territory for inter-personal […]
Dan writes “I’ve been hacking Processing and TinyOS. I cobbled a little teaser demo of processing controlling an array of LED’s on a TinyOs Mote: A straight forward animation, and webcam tracking.” – Link.
