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Maker Faire Detroit: BigDog interview 7/15/10
There are just two weeks left before the first-ever Maker Faire Detroit, taking place on July 31 and August 1 at The Henry Ford. Motor City is a Maker City, and it’s exciting to see it all coming together. Among the creative projects coming to the Faire is the gloriously pedal-powered BigDog (pictured above), which looks like the Hennepin Crawler‘s slick Midwestern cousin. We chatted with Tom Wilson, the maker behind BigDog.
1. Tell us about the project you’re bringing to Maker Faire.
A wonderfully impractical assemblage of bicycle, go-cart, and golf-cart pieces and parts, drainage pipe, steel tubing, and patio chairs. This four-wheel vehicle allows four passengers to travel in minor discomfort at speeds approaching a brisk walk, for relatively short distances, on completely flat terrain.
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Sculpted Pencil Leads 7/3/10
Artist Dalton Ghetti sculpts pencil leads. The work is very challenging, and he often works on multiple projects, so it can take him a decade to finish a single piece. From a 2007 article about him in The New York Times:
“The pencil tip is great; it’s like a pure, very homogenous material,” he said. “It cuts in the same direction, not like wood, which has a grain. But when I tell people how long it takes, that’s when they don’t believe it. That’s what amazes people more, the patience. Because everything nowadays has to be fast, fast, fast.”
Gallery and Article via DudeCraft | Photo: Cooked Brains
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Superfast pick n' place robot 6/18/10
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this thing makes me want to dance
This Delta robot developed by MimixMotion moves very quickly and precisely. Gotta love your Friday morning robot pR0n!
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Red Iron Orchestra 6/18/10
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Nikkie and Brian’s band…
A Bushmills Winter. Basement demo from our old practice space in the north village.
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Beautiful plumbing pipe lamps 6/17/10
These “Kozo” handmade iron-pipe lamps from Israeli group Demo Design Clinic first appeared on my radar back in early 2009 when Boing Boing blogged about their original model, the kozo1, pictured top left. They were a runaway success, and Kozo has since added many more models. They’ve got a clever trick for building the switch into a faucet handle to match the spot-on DIY aesthetics of the lamp itself. Gareth blogged a pretty sweet remake, minus the fancy switch, by a reader named Boris shortly thereafter.
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Vinyl + CD on one disc 6/16/10
Musician Jeff Mills’ latest release is a hybrid CD + 5″ vinyl record on the same hunk of matter. I’d love to see a video of it in action or at least a view from the side so that I may begin to guess what it must be like to use it!
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Source: Dan Jaquint’s shared items in Google Reader | Becky Stern
Applied Kinetic Arts: Nemo Gould interview 6/16/10
Gould’s Praying Mantis kinetic sculpture.
Founded in 2007, “Applied Kinetic Arts (A.K.A.) is a community of artists working within the medium loosely defined as ‘kinetic’. Works incorporating motion, light, sound, and interactivity are represented by the group’s ever expanding member base.” The A.K.A. collective has made mesmerizing displays at Maker Faire Bay Area for years now. With this month’s theme being Physical Science and Mechanics, it’s the perfect time to chat with the multi-talented members of A.K.A, and get insight into kinetic arts. Today, we speak with Nemo Gould, one of A.K.A.’s co-founders. Gould’s sculptures are magical, transporting the viewer into an alternate, ever-moving reality, made from salvaged materials.
1. Tell us about yourself. How did you get started making things and who are your inspirations?
I’ve always had a thing for collecting junk and taking it apart. That, and I’ve always loved old science fiction movies and comics. I suppose my earliest influences were animator Ray Harryhausen, sculptor Clayton Bailey, and comic artist Winsor McCay (creator of LIttle Nemo in Slumberland, my namesake).
Acoustapus was made from an acoustic guitar, rocking chair parts, chair arms, salad bowl, beads, light fixtures, brass screws, and aluminum.
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Mark on The Colbert Report (video) 6/9/10
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For those of you who missed Mark Frauenfelder’s appearance on The Colbert Report last night (or just don’t have a TV), the segment is now live online. Watch it above or on Colbert Nation.
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Zombie shadowcaster 6/7/10
A clever and inexpensive product from indie laser-cutter Evolution Laser Works. Would be an easy remake, too.
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- Zombie Preparedness Kit
- Zombie crossing road sign
- Evil zombie plushie pony!
- Better Zombies Through Physics
- Knit Zombies
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Futuristic Fossils 6/4/10
Artist Chase Black has unearthed fossils — from the future! His series “Creatures from the Mechazoic Era” consists of sculptures of fossilized robots and cyborg animals. Pictured above is the long-extinct felis catus. You can view a gallery of his creations at the link.
Link via Geekologie | Image: Chase Black
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