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December 1, 2008
Steampunk sewing machine and steapunk show in Phoenix
You know steampunk has gone mainstream when it seeps into academic institutions... I recently was given a steampunk assignment in one of my sculpture/metalworking classes, so I modded a vintage Kenmore sewing machine with some spare parts from Phoenix's favorite junk shop, Apache Reclamation. The propellers on the drive wheel and thread spool spin when the machine is running.
This piece as well as many, many others will be on display at First Studio in downtown Phoenix this friday, December 5 as part of a steampunk show put on by Arizona State University.
ASU's evening of Steampunk
Friday, December 5, 6-10pm (part of the First Friday art walk)
First Studio
631 N. 1st Ave. Phoenix
Posted by Becky Stern |
Dec 1, 2008 09:00 PM
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Free Art and Technology, Tokyo style
Here's the newest news from F.A.T.; a Tokyo division has been established!
We F.A.T. freaks in Tokyo got together to hack Japan with "Free Art & Technology!" At tokyo.fffff.at, we will be showing Japanese translation of F.A.T. posts, reporting of F.A.T. related applications, and our own reports of free-art development. Check out the members of Toko F.A.T. here. The people section of fffff.at has been translated into Japanese, too!
In the image above, from the left, Genpei Akasegawa, Taishu Kase, Minakata Kumagusu, Vivienne Sato and Japanese Yokai.
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Posted by Becky Stern |
Dec 1, 2008 07:00 PM
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Nifty junkbots from Colombia
By way of the Make: Flickr pool comes these awesome junkbot sculptures made by Mario Caicedo Langer from Bogotá, Colombia.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Arts, Crafts, Robotics |
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Multi-tool font
Multi-tool... is a font via NOTCOT. Marcus writes -
My neighbour forgot his multi function tool in our kitchen. I started playing around with it and (surprise, surprise) tried to create a whole alphabet with the sentence “typography can be a multi function tool” in mind. I did not yet find the time to create a real font but if you want to play with it, feel free to download the high resolution versions of the colored (5MB) and the black(0.5MB) characterset as PNG.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 1, 2008 08:00 AM
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N64 crammed into a Wii will not make you nostalgic
Although we're not really sure what the purpose of this mashup is, we like it's ghetto style. Someone crammed an N64 console into the body of a Nintendo Wii. For those of you who want to play N64 games on your Wii, you can avoid the destruction and simply use the Virtual Console from the Wii menu which works like a charm.
via DVICE
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Dec 1, 2008 06:00 AM
Arts, Gadgets, Gaming |
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Electro-junk sculpture for environmental awareness
Built by the British Royal Society of Arts to bring waste and recycling issues to the public eye - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment(aka WEEE) Man weighs in @ 3.3 metric tons -
What is he made of? Firstly, large household appliances, such as washing machines and television sets make up a large part of his structure. Then there are smaller objects, such as toaster, irons, and other electrical tools. There is lighting equipment and automatic dispensers, IT and telecoms equipment and toys and leisure items, all making up this latter-day Frankenstein's monster of Brobdingnagian proportions. This guy is big! Waste is no longer out of sight, out of mind. The hope is that his birth will make people think about their behavior when it comes to disposing of the electrical equipment they no longer want.- The Wanderings of the WEEE Man [via Neatorama]
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Dec 1, 2008 06:00 AM
Arts, Green |
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Breathing books
Bre visits Dam Stuhltrager gallery in Brooklyn to check out an exhibition of breathing books created by artist Edith Kollath. Each book's surreal movement is controlled via Lilypad Arduino, likely chosen for its thin easy-to-conceal profile which keeps the art looking properly book-like.
Unfortunately, the art's clever design proved a heap of trouble for the artist during travel. Thankfully, the books were finally retrieved after a 3-month stay in legal limbo. Get more of the story @ NYCResistor.
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Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Dec 1, 2008 05:00 AM
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Door drips into real space
This drippy door was spotted at the Hongik University, Jochiwon campus in Seoul, Korea. Nice way to integrate the physical space with the mental accident space of an art school.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Dec 1, 2008 05:00 AM
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Ammunition art
Al Farrow's ammunition art... Check out the complete gallery for some amazing works!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 1, 2008 04:00 AM
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Bird houses disguised as CCTV cameras
These birdhouses built into the shape of CCTV cameras were spotted at the Design Biennale in Saint Etienne, France. Pretty cool idea to deter criminal activity while also saving the wildlife.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Dec 1, 2008 04:00 AM
Arts, Green |
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November 30, 2008
Sparebots!
What do you do with all those extra resistors, capacitors outdated Ic's and dull red LEDs? Make SpareBots!
Part sculpture, part recycling, SpareBots are a festive way to make figures, work with your hands and tell a story, like the SpareBot rodeo below:
Flickr user Charlie Beldon has posted up some neat little sparebots into the Make Flickr pool.
Have you tried your needle nose pliers at the craft of SpareBots? Would this be a good way to introduce young people to the components of electricity? Could it be a good way of learning soldering? What else could be done with the idea? Stop motion SpareBot animated opera? Post into the Comments or the Flickr pool with your ideas.
Posted by Chris Connors |
Nov 30, 2008 12:00 PM
Arts, Crafts, Green |
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November 28, 2008
Plastic bag mandalas
Rachel @ CRAFT points us to Virginia Fleck's artwork using recycled plastic bags to create amazing (and really big) patterned mandalas.
From the pages of CRAFT:09:
Betz White's fused plastic creations and how to make them!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Nov 28, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, Crafts, Green |
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"Technology Context Communicator" made from 5 Arduinos
Here is where I would attempt to summarize the meaning behind Bram Knaapen's "Technology Context Communicator". It's a fairly complex subject matter, so I think I will let him do it for me:
The non face-to-face communication of social and emotional experiences between people usually happens through phone or other media like e-mail, IM (instant messaging or webcam (e.g. Skype). The context in which the experiences were experienced plays an important role. Neither the technology nor our way of describing enables us to communicate this context in a way it can be "experienced" by the other person. There still are a few layers of formulation & interpretation in between: you can only imagine. This project focuses on the design of a system that is able to communicate the real-time context of a remote user so that the receiving person is able to " feel" as if he/she is there without the translation steps that are required when describing an experience. Emphasis is on the visual element in experience and thus imaging technology. The final concept is a modular system of connectable triangles that can be mounted to the wall and can project a real-time abstract display of a remote visual context.
More about the "Technology Context Communicator" made from 5 Arduinos [arduino.cc]
In the Maker Shed:
Make: Arduino
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Nov 28, 2008 08:00 AM
Arduino, Arts |
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Spider vs Big Wheel drag race
What happens when the spider car drag races the big wheel... who will win?
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 28, 2008 06:00 AM
Arts, Transportation |
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Jed Berk and the Blubber bots - Autonomous Light Air Vessels (ALAVs)
Jed Berk has a lot of shows going! Jed makes our Blubber bot kit in the MAKE store, if you want to make a autonomous blimp, you can!
In the pursuit to evolve and grow the biotopes, some of the species have bred forming 500 hundred new young, The Blubber Bots are offspring of the Autonomous Light Air Vessels (ALAVs). The Blubber Bots call for participation from the audience. Through educating an audience from a more hands on experience, Blubber Bots can be assembled and let loose into the world by anyone willing to do so. I am working toward a more ambitious biotope imagining hundreds of Blubber Bots inhabiting a central location. With your help, this vision maybe upon us soonWhat is a Blubber Bot?
Blubber Bots are floating DIY robotic species that navigate autonomously and intelligently. Blubber Bots float, dance, seek and sing. They are light-seeking hellium-filled balloons that graze the landscape in search of light and cellphone signals. Designed into the inflatable form is a set of light sensors enabling them to seek out the brightest light source. They are also equipped with a phone flasher and can recognize cellphone activity. You can interact with a Blubber Bot by making a call and waving your phone near it. In response, it will go into a flocking dance or sing you a special tune.
Brandts, Odense, Denmark
35 Blubbers in a solo exhibit
"Beluga Pod", Opening Reception Nov. 13, 5pm-7pm
Dates: 11.13.2008 - 11.30.2008
MOCA, Taipei
Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
DEF, group exhibit (ALAVs 2.0)
Dates: 9.12.2008 - 11.09.2008
Blubber Bot Robotic Inflatable
Part of a family of "Transitional Species," Blubber Bots are Do-It-Yourself robotic inflatables that navigate autonomously and intelligently. They are light-seeking helium-filled balloons that graze the landscape in search of light and cellphone signals.
Features:
- Designed into the inflatable form is a set of light sensors enabling them to seek out the brightest light source. They are also equipped with a phone flasher and can recognize cellphone activity. You can interact with a Blubber Bot by making a call and waving your phone near it. In response, they will go into a flocking dance or sing you a special tune.
- Social and friendly in nature, Blubber Bots like to play. You can invite other Blubber Bots over for a party to watch them flock and mingle. They propel themselves using helium buoyancy and two-directional motors. They are a little clumsy though and tend to bump into things. Fortunately, Blubber Bots are born with a feeler (bump switch) to help them out of tricky situations. At a flick of the "feeler", they back up and head in a new direction.
- Not only do they like to play, but they love to sing. Blubber Bots have a unique voice generated from a vibrating motor and a small piezo speaker attached to their mylar bodies. They bellow sounds similar to a whale's song and serenade you with melodies. When not being played with, they rest while tooting periodic sounds in their sleep, dreaming until they once again are awakened.
You can also get MAKE 12 - Featuring the Blubber bot.
Make, Vol 12 features our special section on digital arts and crafts called "Upload," where you'll learn how to take infrared photographs, shoot movies with custom backgrounds, and make fun-to-watch slideshows of your digital family photos. You'll also learn how to make an extremely loud air whistle, a solar-powered xylophone, and a TV remote control that's powered by your muscles. As usual, you'll find plenty of other exciting how-to projects inside.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 28, 2008 06:00 AM
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November 27, 2008
Waterfigures
Spikenzie pointed out these excellent high-speed photos by Flickr member Fotoopa - beautiful stuff! - Waterfigures
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Nov 27, 2008 03:00 PM
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Tiny fender benders
Need to spice up your greenhouse? Start a Crash Bonsai garden!
CrashBonsai is the creation of John Rooney, an artist who is torn between the desire to create and destroy. Recently, he has been making bonsai plants, and combining them with model cars and trucks which he has creatively smashed and melted, to create "CrashBonsai," little living car crash sculptures.
via Zoomdoggle
My first car was a 72 Chevelle, just about exactly like the one above, except for the tail lights. In it, I learned the value of not braking in an icy parking lot with light poles. It wound up looking eerily similar to the photo at the top of this post, but mine was smashed on the passenger side front, and still driveable for about a year longer.
Have you created unconventional ornamental arrangement? Does the term Junk Yard mean the same to you as to most people? Add photos of your disaster recreations to the Make Flickr pool.
Posted by Chris Connors |
Nov 27, 2008 12:03 PM
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Game of life materialized in light and sound art
Bill Vorn's "Evil/Live 2" is an interesting sound and light installation based on the algorithm Game of Life where each light represents an individual in a simplified version of life's self-organization. The project was built using a matrix of 256 halogen lights (16 x 16) is hanging from the ceiling on an aluminum structure. Audio speakers are also fixed on the structure, just behind the lights. Another speaker is located behind the viewers, up on the wall. Check it out in person at the Electrohype festival in Malmo, Sweden.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Nov 27, 2008 04:00 AM
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November 26, 2008
Can art feeds more than the intellect
Canstruction '08 features some very awesome works built entirely from canned foods -
Canstruction is an international charity competition that opened last Thursday at the Winter Garden and Courtyard Gallery of the World Financial Center, featuring giant structures built entirely out of cans of food. Top architectural and engineering firms in over 100 cities across North America participate in Canstruction, collecting millions of pounds of food for local food banks -- the New York City show features local architectural and engineering talent. At the close of the competition, all of the food from the show will be donated to City Harvest.- Canstruction
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Canstruction - Sculptures made from can stacking
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Nov 26, 2008 03:00 PM
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Human puppet is triggered by impulses
This researcher connected a bunch of electrodes to his face to stimulate his nerves and tendons causing him to become a human puppet for the duration of this video. Although we don't conduone this type of thing here at Make, it's still pretty amusing to watch.
via Suicide Bots
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Nov 26, 2008 05:00 AM
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