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Automatic Supercuts With Open Source Python Script

Automatic Supercuts With Open Source Python Script

Artist and game designer Sam Lavigne has essentially created the cotton gin of supercut video production with an open source python script that automatically “searches through dialog in videos and then cuts together a new video based on what it finds.”

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Poster Pixelater

Poster Pixelater

Ad-cutting is a kind of guerrilla art form, in which parts of adhesive-backed subway poster ads are creatively cut, peeled, and/or mixed-and-matched with one another to subvert the message of the original ad or otherwise make an original statement. This latest offering from NYC’s Free Art and Technology collective is a tool, not just for […]

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In the Maker Shed: TOOOL Emergency Lock-Pick Card

In the Maker Shed: TOOOL Emergency Lock-Pick Card

Picking locks not only requires the right skills, it also requires the right tools. Fortunately, the folks at TOOOL (The Open Organization of Lockpickers) have come up a great way to ensure that you never leave your picks at home with the Emergency Lock-Pick Card (available in the Maker Shed.)

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Universal Adapter Set for Construction Toys

Universal Adapter Set for Construction Toys

Not a physical product, of course, but a physible one, from anonymous designers at the F.A.T. collective. I’d vote against the naughty acronym, personally, but they do thrive on controversy, those F.A.T. peeps.

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NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Tech Companies Mum On Factory Audits

NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Tech Companies Mum On Factory Audits

…the massive maker community could help put the pressure on these companies as well. Makers tend to care about the origin of things, how they’re made and by who. We’re also willing to a pay a few bucks more if it’s made better, lasts longer and is repairable – and most of all, I think we care about the conditions in which something is made. At some point an agreed upon indicator will sought after by more and more customers, right now Apple is leading they way, they’re the easy target being #1 in a few arenas – and they’re turning this to the standard that other gadget makers may be held to.

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