Joshua Foer’s interview with tree artist & arbrosculpturist, Richard Reames – ” Using ancient grafting techniques and a few basic tools, Richard Reames shapes living trees into furniture and sculpture near his home in Oregon for clients worldwide. He is the author of two self-published books, How to Grow a Chair: The Art of Tree […]
Artist Sebastian Buescher’s work has a few zoological themed wearables [via] – Link.
Artist Karen Shapiro makes huge ceramic versions of small everyday objects – [via] – Link.
This is an interesting interface for an iPod – an umbrella. Opening and closing pause/play, shake it – and get random songs. I’d like to see a water sensor that switches playlists to songs about rain or something… [via] Link.
Culture of repairing things, in other places around the world… – “What sets these locations apart from cities in more ’emerged’ markets? Aside from the scale of what’s on sale there is a thriving market for device repair services ranging from swapping out components to re-soldering circuit boards to reflashing phones in a language of […]
This looks like an old satellite dish covered with foil – to cook hot dogs [via] – Link. Related: Solar Death Ray – Link.
Matthew Irvine Brown’s “Breath Control Car” project – ” This is a standard remote control toy car with a mouthpiece the player blows into to control steering. The car measures controlled change – blow gradually harder and it steers to the right; blow gradually softer and it steers to the left. At least 80% of […]
