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
John Edgar Park writes on his blog: I love coffee and I love laser cutters, so I was thrilled to read about this collision of the two on Tonx’s blog. jpixl.net
“A U.S. entrepreneur takes tropical tourists down deep – in an uninsured submarine he built himself”… I’m posting this because the sub looks pretty cool, but the rest of the story sounds pretty dangerous to me – it seems like it’s just going to end in legal action and/or death. Many who admire Stanley’s entrepreneurial […]
This street busker in Bath, England has built a pedal powered machine that plays a guitar while he accompanies it with a violin solo. Pretty simple idea that we applaud for its DIY sensibilities and taking his invention to the streets. Guitar Machine via NeatoRama
