Month: January 2011

Pollution-Monitoring Fashion

Sam Dunne @ Core77 writes: Designers Nien Lam and Susan Ngo have collaborated to warn us of the risks of our pollution-heavy urban lifestyles on our bodily organs through fashion. In the presence of carbon monoxide, the “Warning Signs” wearables subtly change colour from a healthy pink to a slightly worrying grey.

Math Monday: Five tetrahedra

Math Monday: Five tetrahedra

By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Here is a geometric assembly challenge which you can try to make with wooden dowels or any other conveniently long cylinders. Each of these thirty aluminum rods touches ten others. The construction is rather tricky to accomplish even if you properly understand it as a compound of […]

Spock Seed Bead Art

Craftster user, Feast Your Eyes, created this rad beaded Spock that was recognized as one of the Craftster Best of 2010. Indeed! Related: Spock Matza Spock Ears Knitting Pattern Star Trek Cross Stitch Crochet Star Trek Diaper Cover How-To: Knit Star Trek Potholders