The 25¢ent Wunderkammer is a neat project on display at the Collaboration Room in Bloomington, IN. Created by artists in residents Brad and Riva, it consists of a rack objects found in the nearby area, which have been packed and given fanciful descriptions. The idea is simple, but the examples are hilarious. I got to visit back in August, and here are some of my favorites:
A rat muzzle,
an industrial birthday cake,
and a cumbersome pasty.
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 6:34 PM
Categories: Art | 3 Comments
Jeremy May’s jewelry made from books -
Paper is many things: a carrier of text, illustration, history and emotion.
Jeremy May has captured the beauty of paper via a unique laminating process. Littlefly jewellery is made by laminating hundreds sheets of paper together, then carefully finishing to a high gloss. The paper is selected and carefully removed from a book, and the jewellery re-inserted in the excavated space.
Each piece is impossible to replicate, and is unique to the wearer. The beauty of the jewels extends within the piece: text and images pass all the way though the object, only exposed at the surfaces – giving a tantalising glimpse of the book within.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 6:29 PM
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Mark Rehorst has an excellent set of instructions on how to build your own Van de Graaff generator. What’s that, you say? Well, a Van de Graaff generator is a device capable of producing high voltages by collecting electrostatic charges on a large metal sphere. Basically, its a fun and relatively safe way of creating high voltages, which can then be used to do things like make peoples hair stand up, or power particle accelerators.
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Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 6:28 PM
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Musician and musical robot maker Charlie Williams created this fun art piece with a combination of OpenCV (an open-source computer vision toolkit that provides, among many things, facial recognition) and Processing.
more info, including the opportunity to download the code and play with it yourself!
Posted by John Maushammer | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 6:21 PM
Categories: Music, Virtual Worlds | No Comments
While in town for the Kansas City Mini Maker Faire, we had the chance to visit the HMS Beagle, which is a gem of a science store located in nearby Parkville. Started by John and Carol Kuhns, they stock an impressive range of geeky equipment, from telescopes to model rockets, rock tumblers, and Arduinos. In addition, they also host science club meetings, star gazing parties, fossil digs, and other fun-sounding activities. If that isn’t enough, they are also the home of Make: KC, an enthusiast group for Makers that meets in their shop on Tuesdays.
If you’re ever in town, I’d definitely recommend checking the place out, and perhaps even catching a workshop! John took the time to show us around and give us a tour, and here are some of the things I spotted on the shelves:
Chemicals galore, for doing serious science experiments, making fun explosions, and mixing custom fragrances,
lots of good looking glass for chemical experimentation,
fish fossils that the proprietors found and prepared by hand,
and even a friendly guard dog!
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 6:17 PM
Categories: Science | 5 Comments
Like modeling your projects using Sketchup, but wish that you could go one step further and see if they work before spending time printing them? Well, you might want to have a look at Sketchyphysics. It’s a physics simulator that you can use to put your creations to life, and presumably work out the bugs before committing to a physical version. We mentioned it back in 2007, however it’s new to me. [via Lets Make Robots]
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 5:06 PM
Categories: 3D Printing | 1 Comment
Alexander Augusteijn takes high-speed photography up a notch with these photos of bullets shooting through droplets of water. Apparently all that is involved is lots of careful timing. [via Laughing Squid]
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Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 4:40 PM
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Lego custom armorer BrickArms caught the Tron bug with these beautiful glow in the dark Lego-compatible discs!
Inspired by TRON – my all time favorite movie of the 80′s, I designed and injected this glowing disc in the style of the identitty discs from TRON Legacy.
It is injected with glow-in-the-dark ABS, and then overprinted it in black with my solvent inkjet.
It is only a PROTOTYPE. Please do not ask when it will be available for sale.
Posted by John Baichtal | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 4:30 PM
Categories: LEGO | No Comments
In response to the Arduino pong post from a few days ago, SynOptx shared their 2-player PONGuino game. Rather than using a television for a display, they opted to go with an LCD display mounted on an s65 shield. Looks like fun!
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 1:21 PM
Categories: Arduino, Gaming | No Comments
Super Awesome Sylvia (and her equally super-awesome parents, TechNinja and CraftNinja), quite frankly, gives me hope for humanity. We had the best time working with them on the special Mini Maker Show series they did for us, for our Kids month theme, and we can barely stop smiling after looking at each of her inspiring videos. Sylvia is definitely a maker star on the rise.
In this, the third episode of their regular Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show, Sylvia shows you how to do two simple Arduino projects. Can anyone continue to be intimidated by the idea of messing around with microcontrollers and basic electronics after seeing this video? C;mon… it’s child’s play! Great job, Sylvia!
Super Simple Arduino – Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 03
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Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday August 31st, 2010 12:34 PM
Categories: Arduino, Kids | 2 Comments
Exclusively in the Maker Shed, this updated Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS makes interfacing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the real world easy! This bundle includes the new RedPark TTL Cable for iOS so a TTL adapter (and soldering) is no longer required.
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