Make:

• Gear heart
• Water drawing + ink
• Spray paint jumps into the real world
• Laser etching a Moleskin... sorta
• The The End pool
• The van that thought out loud

genius

Anybody know where I can buy an etch-a-sketch online ? Can't find any shop with one around here

FYI, it's LeBron James. James is his last name. Try doing a little research there Collin.

Posted by: Collin Cunningham on March 7, 2008 at 8:30 AM

@Tom - They've got etch a sketches over at Amazon:

@Anonymous - Thanks for the info! I have tried doing a little research and I quite enjoy the process! So much, in fact, that I do a substantial amount of research on a daily basis. Unfortunately, my schedule doesn't permit me the time to conduct fact-checking on other's posts which I link to as "Related:", only a brief search and review to verify their relevance. Luckily, you're here to help! ;)

next step

make the etching thingy count the seconds as it tracks left under the numbers

something like every 20seconds it ticks down and makes a small vertical "v"

kinda like this

v-----------v----------v----------

time it so that right when it reaches the last "v" the whole thing tips over and begins the cycle anew

That's one of the most amazing Make projects I've ever seen. It's a frigging work of art. Belongs in a contemporary art museum. Just fantastic.

Truly awesome. I was thinking about if I should want one or not, and thing as great as it is, I wouldn't want it in my office, the thing tipping every minute would be horrible. I totally agree this is an art tech piece and should be treated as such by the designer. Accolades my man, fantastic, bravo.

"Try doing a little research there Collin"

Christ, what an asshole.

Now that you've got a working model, it would be cool to see it do something fancier with the actual display of the time, or do something a little larger that fills up more of the screen. I'd figure that 20 seconds of drawing time would be okay, if it takes 20 seconds to flip and clear (which it doesn't), that gives you 20 seconds to view the time each minute.

As soon as it is available to purchase, I will buy. stephens01234 AT gmail.com Let me know when and where.

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