Here’s a pretty fun site that lets you generate your own warning labels with choice of graphics and text. You can make DANGER, WARNING and other types all with the familiar icons you’d expect. Fun for project and pranks. I might make a set of these and slap on products that have wacky DRM, like those Sony CDs. Link.
Shawn writes “Rhode Island artist Neil Salley makes interesting installations using his own home grown technologies for creating 360 degree-viewable holograms. Be sure to look at his TVD 360 degree TV prototype. I wish there was more on the site about the technical details- all of his inventions and pieces are refreshingly simple and low tech.” Link.
Jon writes “In 1998, artist Daniel Reynolds unveiled an exhibit of six and a half foot tall drinking birds. Reynolds’ birds work on the same evaporative method of the classic toy, but their enormous size leave the senses reeling. Check out www.drinkingbirds.com for photos, videos, and more information.” Link. The videos from the exhibition are both soothing and creepy.
Stunning photos of the Orrery clock from Make pal Jacob Appelbaum. The Orrery is a ten foot tall planet tracking display. The lower half is a mechanical binary calculation engine. Each layer is calculating the orbit if one of the six human eye visible planets (Mercury through Saturn) to 28 bits of accuracy. The Orrery is primarily made of monel (a nickel copper alloy), and stainless steel. The planet spheres are ground from natural stones that resemble each planet they represent. [via] Link. More information about the clock here.
Here’s a great tutorial on how to take your digital designs and make them into screen printed goods such as t-shirts, bags, or accessories. The tutorial is chock full of great tips such as using a cheap, large embroidery hoop as a frame! Link
Digitaler Lumpensammler sent in this wonderful collection of cassette tapes – when memories were named memorex…There are hundreds on this Japanese page – and the funny thing is you can tell exactly which ones were from the 80’s. Link.
This site has a ton of free stencils to down, exacto out and use as you please. There are stencils for just about anything out there – Animals to Vegand & Vegetarian. [