The Parker Steam Synthesizer
Machineproject writes – “Lorin Parker has a made a delightful minature steam engine that doubles as a synthesizer. Or a synthesizer that doubles as steam engine, whatever. “ – Link.
Made On Earth
Kampala mobile phones
Mobile and wireless phone kiosks in Kamapala powered from car batteries – [via] Link.
HOW TO – Grow A Chair: An interview with Richard Reames
Joshua Foer’s interview with tree artist & arbrosculpturist, Richard Reames – ” Using ancient grafting techniques and a few basic tools, Richard Reames shapes living trees into furniture and sculpture near his home in Oregon for clients worldwide. He is the author of two self-published books, How to Grow a Chair: The Art of Tree […]
Octopus ring
Artist Sebastian Buescher’s work has a few zoological themed wearables [via] – Link.
Supersized objects – made from ceramics
Artist Karen Shapiro makes huge ceramic versions of small everyday objects – [via] – Link.
iBrella – Umbrella controlled iPod
This is an interesting interface for an iPod – an umbrella. Opening and closing pause/play, shake it – and get random songs. I’d like to see a water sensor that switches playlists to songs about rain or something… [via] Link.
Culture of repair
Culture of repairing things, in other places around the world… – “What sets these locations apart from cities in more ’emerged’ markets? Aside from the scale of what’s on sale there is a thriving market for device repair services ranging from swapping out components to re-soldering circuit boards to reflashing phones in a language of […]
