Knitted Time Magazine Cover
Tumblr user Material Witness has decided to try and make sense of the effect that the 24 hour news cycle has on our lives by knitting pieces of news media, starting with this poignant Time Magazine cover.
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Criminal Crafting: Tanya Aguiñiga vs. The Beverly Hills Police
On a summer day in Beverly Hills, furniture maker Tanya Aguiñiga put some coins in a Rodeo Drive parking meter, attached herself to a palm tree, sat down in her parking space, and began to backstrap weave. It didn’t take long for police to show up and demand that she leave.
World’s First 3D Printing Photo Booth
What’s being called the world’s first 3D printing photo booth will be available Nov. 24 through Jan. 14 at an exhibition space in Tokyo’s Harajuku district.
LED traffic lights don’t melt snow
Interesting story on MSNBC about how the newer energy-efficient LED traffic lights are causing accidents because, unlike conventional incandescent traffic lights, they do not generate enough heat to keep themselves clear of snow, and thus can easily become obscured by it. I don’t think anyone’s saying LED traffic lights are a bad idea in general, but it is an interesting parable about thinking all the way through a problem from a design perspective. [Thanks, Ron!]
Arduino segment on the BBC
BBC News’ Tech department highlights a collection of Arduino projects, introducing the platform to a a broad audience in the process. This is some very bigtime recognition for the lil’ blue board and its users – and hey its about time! =) [via Arduino Blog] Update: Some were curious as to where the above vid […]
HOPE article, interview on CNET
CNET posted a piece outlining what HOPE is all about and conducted a brief interview with the conference founder and 2600 publisher Emmanuel Goldstein – “Basically what the hackers and phone phreakers of the past were doing, everybody is doing today,” he said in an interview on Thursday. “This is the price of success; we […]
