Kid powered ferris wheel
The Washington Post has a “Day in photos” feature that is usually stunning and surreal – like this one from Adif Hassan, a homemade ferris wheel in a trash heap in Pakistan – [via / via] – Link.
Made On Earth
Paper Pixels
Aram Bartholl’s Paper Pixels – “Paper Pixels is a 30 inch, 8 x 8 pixel, manually controlled screen. Each of the 64 pixels is illuminated steadily by a light bulb. Apart from the light bulbs, no further electronic parts are used. The display is controlled by a long paper strip – the data medium – […]
The Wooden Breakfast Platter PC
Aram Bartholl’s breakfast PC – “The Wooden Breakfast Platter for Freerk, made as a gift for a good friend, is a wooden plank into which a PC Mainboard has been built. The 133 Mhz processor remains visible over a hole in the rustic wooden platter. This serves as hot plate for a coffee cup that […]
Propellor bicycle
Today we had a bit about monowheels, so here’s another type of cycle, a propellor bicycle that’s not quite working yet, but that’s ok, it’s the propellor-bicycle thought that counts – photos & video. Related: Flying Bikes… – Link.
Micro-paintings on human hair
Artist Jin Yin Hua as more insanely tiny paintings on human hairs up – here is one as viewed through a microscope [via] – Link. & presidential portrait gallery. Previous: Panda painted on a single hair – Link.
The history of Monowheels
Douglas writes – “A monowheel (or motorwheel) is one big wheel with rider and engine (if any) INSIDE its circumference. It is not to be confused with a unicycle, which has the rider above the wheel. You’ll see what I mean. (Sometimes the word “motorwheel” refers to just a wheel with an engine built into […]
House of Beer Cans
I didn’t know there was an online store devoted to beer cans, but there is, and they also have a tour of the second biggest collection of cans – ” The building and displays were constructed between 1998 and 2001 with the help of Jeff’s father Fred, friends and other family members. The collection, which […]
