These chandeliers by Stuart Karten are made from hundreds of dollar bills in different currencies including dollars, euros, and pesos. In a time when the US national economy is ailing from recession, the idea of putting money somewhere you can see it (such as directly over the dinner table) might seem crazy, although it might […]
”Array” is an art installation at the Yamaguchi Center for the Arts and Media (YCAM) consisting of a field of columns that create a light and sound array that shifts with viewers movements through the space. This project is similar to the “Constellation” project in Covent Garden, London that contains 600 custom designed LED mirrored […]
Photo from Green Home Building During the winter iciness, lots of people warm up by reading seed catalogs and planning their gardens. If you are among those sitting by the woodstove contemplating books full of DNA, you might want to think of where you will store all your grown goodies. In a recent post about […]
Most of the time when we think of fermentation, we think of the process that produces alcohol in beer or wine. I was making beer yesterday, producing a dark liquid from steeping grains. At the end, I added yeast which will convert those sugars to alcohol over the course of a few days. In a […]
If you’re having a hard time justifying the relatively high price of speaker wall mounts, here’s one approach to a DIY version using basic dowels + screws – Whether for your new 5.1 surround sound system, your cramped media room, or when just wiring your home to fill it with music, it’s best to get […]
Photograph by Pat Molner Surface Mount Soldering Techniques for making modern circuits. By Scott Driscoll When cellphones were housed in briefcases, manufactured electronics had easy-to-solder leads. Now phones fit in pockets, and the smaller surface-mount devices (SMDs) inside are driving through-hole components into extinction. SMDs can cost less than their old-school equivalents, and many newer […]
Youtube user petesteg has a great cabin fever project. It is an interesting/stupid/noble experiment for the winter months: put a hard drive in a plastic bag, put some rocks on it to hold it down at the bottom of your ice rink, and make a video of it throughout the winter. When the thaw comes […]
