supplementary notes

for my benefit

Sunday, March 07, 2010

⇒ staples + patience



via MAKE

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Friday, November 13, 2009

⇒ catchup: MAKE

How education threatens creativity …
Agreed--I've been institutionalized/crippled by the blank canvas problem


I love holepunched-halftone megasized art

Jacob's ladder bound book

vid is not too exciting but I am interested in the product

Combo

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.


a weird time-lapse+graffiti vid

ASPEX crowdsource their Scanning Electron Microscope samples

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

⇒ Augmented Reality cookies

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Friday, October 02, 2009

⇒ Bram Cohen and Burr tools


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⇒ Hubble at it again


the full size images are frickin' huge

relatedly: Moonbell

data sonification of the Moon's topological data

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Monday, August 31, 2009

⇒ etching aluminium panels

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Monday, August 24, 2009

⇒ more MAKE

3,604 cups of coffee

I'm surprised this didn't turn out more jaggy, edgy.

LEDs and photography


Online mechanical puzzle index


Real-time capillary action colors calendar

inconvenient but awesome

Printing press tron-ified

how'd they get the ambient area so dark?

Zubbles:

some fancy tech went into making this possible, click the image to read the how then follow link to buy.

Timer/recipe book by Emma Caselton:


Escher-esque water feature:

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Friday, August 21, 2009

⇒ courtesy of MAKE

Hellraiser Le Merchant box:


DIY Inclinometer:

It measures the inclination using water

Mercury fountain:

quicksilver fascinates me

Beetle shell ceiling:

take a closer look

Amputee Elephant:


one of my favorite sea creatures, in Lego form: Nautilus


Paper carving:



Detonography: Sculpting metal with explosives

"a technique for embossing thick metal plates by blasting them onto a mold with sheets of plastic explosive"

Pitch drop experiment:

need to know: bitumen, started in 1927, eight years for the first drop, about one every 11 years = eight to date

DIY trebuchet bundle:


Willow architecture:


Python in a browser

3D etch a sketch:


NY sand table challenge:


Infernal machine art:


Rare lumber


related:
Shapeways
printing in stainless steel

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

⇒ Motion sculptures:



source: MAKE

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Monday, July 13, 2009

⇒ M A K E catchup:

pinhole camera


diy fireworks


walls for robo bricklayers


how to cryptex


How-To: Dissolve IC packages


Rice paddy crop art



Desktop Trebuchet



desktop onager



homemade stickers



soda can solar panel



how fireworks work



diy smokebomb



diy fire piston



diy fireworks



lego combi safe


homemade sunscreen


papercraft castle



weave a rope mat



Lithophane-making with the Micro CNC


Getting real with Physical Design


Future death machine nose art



Old school ceramics, new school robot art



High speed glass breakage



Shapeways adds free 3D parts database



papercraft mini moog



microcontroller cheat sheet



11-layer stencil graffiti


How-To: Panorama robot camera rig


iPhone as sketch pad



How-To: Frabjous cardboard geometry sculpture



Sugar Skull Tutorial



stop motion post its


In the Maker Shed: Arduino Nano board



20-Watt Solar Panel - A Primer @ MAKE

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