iPhone 4 steadicam
We’ve seen our fair share of steadicams over the years. Not content with waiting around for a commercial solution, maker Spencer Watson decided to whip together this gimbaled steadicam for his new iPhone 4.
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iPod speaker in hollowed-out tree trunk
Yes, it’s a log. It’s also an iPod speaker with quality sound called the iTree. Austrian designers KMKG worked with speaker company Lenz to design the 130-pound curiosity.
iPhone controlled elevator shoes
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11496831&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Adi Marom’s Short++ project put iPhone controlled robotic platform shoes on your feet, for when you need to be a few inches taller. [via core77]
Open source VESA-compliant CNC iPad wall mount
North Carolinian Jonathan Danforth designed this laminated iPad wall mount, which he calls The Walet Mount, for CNC manufacture, and made the DXF files freely available on Thingiverse so you can make your own. The back features keyhole slots for direct-to-wall mounting and VESA-standard holes for mounting to any compliant monitor mount (such as an articulated arm) and the side features a contoured through-hole for the headphone cord. Jonathan will sell you a complete unit manufactured in Plyboo bamboo plywood for $65. [Thanks, Angus!]
Pencil iPad stand
Being able to tear down a project into reusable components is always a plus. If you can save yourself from purchasing a $30 paperweight or wasting perfectly good materials on something that will ultimately make it into the waste bin, all the better, right? That’s why I like Julian Horsey’s Pencil iPad Stand. It’s just six pencils and four rubber bands. Presumably, when you’re done watching a movie or playing PvZ, you can break it down and tuck it away into a pencil box.
DIY iPhone 4 bumper case
I, too, was impressed when Apple unveiled its integrated antenna case design at the iPhone 4 announcement event back in May. Little did I know the actual reception of the iPhone 4 would be worse than my original first generation (OG) iPhone. The issue has even prompted Apple to seek out actual antenna engineers (seriously). Until there’s an official fix to this problem, folks experiencing the “death grip” can try Oliver Nelson’s 99-cent “Ghetto iPhone 4 case”.
Core77 talks to Apple Senior Design veep Jonathan Ive
Our friends over at Core77 got a chance to sit down with Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design, Jonathan Ive, to talk about the materials that went into, and informed the design of, the iPhone 4. Yeah, I know, the Apple haters will hate, but there’s some interesting… ah… material here, like the quote below. […]
