DIY word clock
MAKE subscriber Doug took up the challenge to re-make the word clock he saw here a few weeks ago, and wrote in to share his project with us.
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TXT a beaver – Amphibious architecture
Amphibious architecture, I TXTed a beaver in the East River, neat… You can too, just text “EastRiver” or “BronxRiver” to 41411 Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface floating on the water’s surface, a veritable looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem. This manufactured point of connection submerges ubiquitous computing into the one element that covers 90% […]
Stained glass pixel art
I dunno if these pixel art stained glass windows I stumbled upon in Gary in Cleveland’s Flickr stream are his original work or not, but I dig ’em. Can anyone confirm authorship?
How-To: Sculpt open eyes on lifecast heads
Keeping your eyes open during a life-casting of your face is probably impossible and in any case is certainly a very bad idea. So life-cast heads always have closed eyes. YouTuber brickintheyard, affiliated with BITY Mold Supply, has provided a great video tutorial on how to sculpt those eyes back open.
Artist makes monsters out of balloons
New York artist Jason Hackenwerth makes quite an impressive array of creatures using that staple material of clowns, the venerable party balloon.
Precious larvae
French artist and naturalist Hubert Duprat used the hermit crab shell switcheroo technique to make these precious and semi-precious materials available to a group of caddis fly larvae. The larvae used the materials to construct protective casings for themselves. Hubert Duprat interview [via Teagan Tall] More: Hermit crabs in glass
Wearable eyeball sees what you can’t
This conceptual sensory augmentation device is one of the creepier ones I’ve seen, I think because it seems to have a mind of it’s own. The Miruko wearable eyeball attaches to your body, and continually scans for monsters that only it can see.
