Giant skull made from kitchen stuff
Giant skull made from kitchen stuff via BBG.
Giant skull made from kitchen stuff via BBG.
The “Walking House” is a modular dwelling system that can move itself around through a motorized system of feet. The moving structure gathers electricity from its surroundings through onboard solar cells and wind turbines. Water for the house comes through collecting rain, and is heated through the solar power system. Read more about this interesting […]
Here’s another interesting knit project by artist Ben Fino Radin. This particular object takes the shape of an old Macintosh 128k computer from the 1980s. Ben Fino Radin
Festo AirJelly – robot jellyfish at Pop!Tech 08… This morning opened with a helium-filled, robotic jellyfish floating serenely above a rapt, suddenly very awake audience. Makers Festo took the stage briefly to talk about how they are using engineering found in nature to create these organic-looking, eerily familiar robots. Their hope is in creating beautiful […]
Octopus made from chopsticks (video above) and check out the site… via Buzzfeed.
“Human Pump” by Gunwook Nam attempts to solve the global water crisis by capturing kinetic energy generated by human foot traffic in order to power a large system of pumps to move clean drinking water to the earth’s surface in the form of a waterfall. Some very nice renderings of the design at the link […]
These organic-shaped lamp sculptures by artist Pieke Bergmans are made with a unique mechanical process she developed that can be endlessly repeated to create the perfect result. Check out the link to her site below which details this process with some amazing photo essays. Pieke Bergmans