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Tropism Well: A Tall Drink of Water

Laura Cochrane — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:03:27 +0000

Instead of cricking your neck to drink from a water fountain, what if the fountain cricked its neck for you? Tropism Well is an interactive sculpture that senses when someone is near and bows to pour water into a glass.

The Queen of Caulk

Goli Mohammadi — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:11:58 +0000

In her studio overlooking the Aar, de Senna buttoned up her lab coat, donned her latex gloves and face mask, and spent the next three full months clocking about 800 hours working on her “I Love Caulk Frosting” series.

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Dodecaudion, a Gesture-Based Spatial Music Generator

Laura Cochrane — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:29:13 +0000

Dodecaudion is a gesture-based, spatial interface that allows performers to create music by moving hands or other body parts around the 12-sided structure.

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Mika Aoki’s Blown-Glass Sculptures

Arwen O'Reilly Griffith — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:07:53 +0000

Mika Aoki makes glass art inspired by mold spores, viruses, plants, life, and death.

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Self-Balancing Unicycle

Laura Cochrane — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:00:32 +0000

21-year-old MIT computer science and electrical engineering student Stephan Boyer built Bullet, a self-balancing electric unicycle that reaches a top speed of 15 miles per hour and is the envy of his peers.

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Motor Mashup Master

Laura Cochrane — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:00:46 +0000

Randy Grubb has one sweet job: working from his Grants Pass, Ore., garage, he builds hot rods. His rides, however, are far from ordinary — he builds from supersized truck, jet, and tank parts.

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Wheelchairs From Old Bike Parts

Laura Cochrane — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:08:43 +0000

In developing countries, a mobility issue can create a major drain on a family’s already sparse resources. That's why Randy Geile designs inexpensive wheelchairs using readily available parts.

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Refine Your Own Wine

Laura Cochrane — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:00:06 +0000

Netherlands-based designer Sabine Marcelis made a do-it-yourself winemaking kit for her graduation design project that has everything needed to ferment, siphon, bottle, and cork wine.

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Szymon Klimek’s Miniature Mechanical Creations

Laura Cochrane — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:00:19 +0000

Without an everyday reference for a sense of scale, Szymon Klimek’s intricate mechanical creations could easily be mistaken for twice their true size. Made from 0.1 millimeter sheets of brass and bronze, Klimek’s miniature machines dance effortlessly in wine-glass enclosures that measure little more than 4 inches across.

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Solar Dune Buggy

Laura Cochrane — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:00:08 +0000

Brothers Michael and Kenny Ham have a goal: to create cheap electric vehicles that get people interested in renewable energy.

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