The very first moving picture machine was barely more than a hand-cranked circular flipbook, called a mutoscope. Jesse Breytenbach made her own and documented the elaborate creation of the wooden apparatus that holds the “movie” cylinder.
Not only are these compositions for the SketchUp gingerbread house competition astounding, but I just love the categories. The Sprinkles price was awarded to the best additions made to a provided base model, the Swirl prize for best use of dynamic components, and the Sweet Tooth prize for most creative use of a single candy […]
The picture says it all, and you can even click on it to register (technology is so fancy): ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER: Deadline is January 15! In association with CEA, Core77 hosts this year’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2009, challenging designers to create the next generation of greener gadgets. Once again, finalists will […]
How About Orange points out these free fonts from SMeltery: Help yourself to some crazy free fonts from SMeltery. Left to right: ALusine, TRottoir, GEronto Bis.
Designing CO2 cars is a project for many middle school technology and science classes. The projects gives an opportunity for students to get hands on experience with the Design Process, working with tools and materials, and design and build for aerodynamics and manufacture a vehicle that can go very fast if even for a short […]
Zillij by Chris K Palmer, (modified from a traditional design by his student Elizabeth Ager), 2009, 12″ diameter. Cut on the Craft ROBO Pro and assembled by Jeffrey Rutzky. While teaching architecture at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Chris K Palmer developed Rhinoscripts to calculate intersecting ribs. Using several variables, such as material thicknesses, the script […]
Tripod: a student entry from last year’s contest. The EPA just announced its newest lifecycle building challenge: Enter the third year of the Lifecycle Building Challenge competition, to shape the future of green building and facilitate local building materials reuse. Submit your innovative project, design, or idea for reducing to conserve construction and demolition materials […]
