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We saw this project recently displayed at the “Evening at Maker Faire” event at the Saatchi Gallery in NYC, but here’s a link on the production of this spinning 3D screen that can display both static and video imagery in 8 bit clarity. Really nice project, and lots of great info at the link below. […]
The Sound of Ebay project generates an audio sequence from your auction history – EBAY’S CONCEPT IS BASED ON TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN BUYERS AND SELLERS – TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS, NOT CONSUMERS AND COMPANIES. THE EBAY-GENERATOR SOFTWARE REFLECTS THIS CONCEPT IN A WAY THAT IT DOES NOT ONLY GENERATE YOUR FREE PERSONAL SONG, THE GENERATOR ITSELF […]
Her cell phone is ringing, but the display is turned off. She lightly pushes a small dot on the skin on her left forearm to suddenly reveal a two by four inch tattoo with the image of the cell phone’s digital display, directly in the skin of her arm. She answers the call by pushing […]
This week: Remaking Wooden Toys With Electronics (And Wood), Hair Hats by Nagi Noda, The Death/Return of the Print Gocco, Toshio Egawa – Death Metal Art, Massh – Nao Tokui, Kondo Robots KHR 4th Anniversary, Nicota AVR Project Game Board, The Unconventional Flying Object, Shuetsu Sato – Gaff Tape Artist, Tokyo’s Top 10 LED Signs, […]
Pianist (used to be named iAno) is a virtual piano application for the iPhone/iPod touch. Remember Schroeder, who could play such astounding music on his toy piano? [via]
When I was writing my TiVo hacking book, my favorite part of the entire project was taking apart two TiVos (a series 1 and series 2) and trying to figure out what everything did. I tested components, poked around inside the code, did countless Google searches on chip manufacturers and parts numbers, looked up patents, […]
David Jurick, Adam and Damien Stolarz, authors of our forthcoming iPhone Hacks book, were interviewed by Xeni at last month’s Maker Faire for this BBtv segment. iPhone Hacks with Xeni
