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Wireless technology has transformed many aspects of our world, but it wasn’t until now that it has had an impact on falling dominoes. In this project by Jarashi Suki and the IAMAS Ubiquitous Interaction Research Group, each electronic domino is assigned a number and after it topples, it will wirelessly trigger the next numbered domino […]
Via Peter Kirn’s Create Digital Motion comes this work from artist Mauritius Seeger, using a Kinect to “scratch” video using proximity info. Mauritius write: I use modul8 with a midi controller and have kind of given up on video scratching because it’s so bad in software when i last tried it ( with modul8) and […]
BUILD! is a brickfilm created by David Pagano and Matt Witham. Nicely done, guys! (Didn’t embed the video because we’re experience migration difficulties…)
Lego for Adults author Martin Martin Hüdepohl’s new book Badass LEGO® Guns walks you through illustrated step-by-step instructions to build five real working guns. These aren’t your average lego shooters, but rather highly stylized tactical “weaponry” rendered using LEGO Technic components.
Via Ikea Hackers: Quentin of Bordeaux, France, covered a Ramvik table with a Lego design he created, with bricks ordered from Lego’s Pick-a-Brick service.
engineerzero was kind enough to give a guided tour of a ginormous Arduino Uno to a handful of faceless Google SketchUp denizens recently. Highlights of the tour included a short stroll down Power Street to Analog Alley, where many different kinds of sensors can be connected. The group also had the incredible opportunity to see […]
Flickr user Alex Eylar made this amazing LEGO replica of a Ghostbusters ghost trap. If you’re not familiar with this this piece of equipment, the site Ghostbusters Fans has a primer for you. No word yet if Alex plans on making a matching Ecto Containment Unit. [via Gizmodo] More: Ghostbusters proton pack with friggin’ lasers […]
