Ron DeCorte has a great article about automate artist Francois Junod – “I can hear you asking “What is an Automate and who is Francois Junod?” An automate is a combination of art, sculpture, and mechanics used to create articulated, moving models resembling life and fantasy in all its forms. As for Francois Junod, let’s […]
Jonny5rd has an awesome case mod… he writes – “A few years ago, I purchased a bare-bones PC from Ebay. The internals were nice, and the case seemed pretty cool–at first. I quickly to grow tired of it’s cheesy, 1337-wannabe aesthetics; and even more so of my purely-functional mods. I wanted something new, and I […]
Back in the day dogs earned their keep, really… Here’s a great article (and drawings) of horse, sheep and dog powered contraptions… [via] – Link. More: Dog Power – Link. Museum of Retro technology – Link. Dog powered transportation: Dog Powered Scooter – Link.
Here’s a slideshow of homemade & mannequin scarecrows that inhabit many of the rice fields in Japan – Link.
Here’s a video of an amazing 19th Century wooden automaton that writes kanji on a sheet of paper, at the end you can see how it works… – [via]
Mike Ford makes amazing musical sculptures with a retro twist! [via] – Link.
Wow, this is the iconic Minesweeper game made with over 38,000 Pixelblocks ($900 worth!)… [via] – Link. Related: Crazy LEGO/block projects @ MAKE – Link.
