AlterEGlow is a UK website that made this odd and somewhat useful LED-lit faucet that they have dubbed Glow Flow. Though completely unnecessary, they somehow installed LED lights inside a faucet and they turn the lights on when the water runs. In the dark, it brightens the entire sink with the color of the LED….
Author: Sabrina
HEXBUGs!
Like most robotics, many artist use the anatomy of an insect. This little robot is more of for young children mainly 8+ but it has a unique way of how it works. This toy is motion censored and it walks around, but once it senses that something is in it’s way it turns around and/or…
Squeezebox combines variety of arts
This project done by Reverberant is unique not only to one form of art but three: spatial sound, computer graphics, and kinetic sculpture. The way this “thing” works is through viewer interaction. By re-sculpting and manipulating the integrated plastic object, not only does the sculpture change, but images and sound correspond with the changes in…
Fluid Arm
Well, this week an interesting story popped into my head, a story I read about some time ago. The topic here is a revolutionary artificial limb. I think the creation Festo came up with is a major development in the world of prosthesis. Their unique way of moving the artificial limb is truly genius and…
See ya later Alligator
This story happemed about a month or two ago. You may remember. My question is how does an alligator make a life in the Chicago River? Is it a sign of global warming? Did it make its way north from the south? Or maybe it is a sign of how globally connected we are. Maybe…
Autonomous Light Air Vessels
Jed Berk‘s ALAVs are shaped like small blimps and interact with objects, humans, and each other. The ALAVs are programmed with an Interactive Voice Recognition system so that humans can speak to the ALAVs via cell phone. ALAVs are programmed to ask questions and respond accordingly, depending on the answer. Responses involve altitude, light, and…
Crystal Blue Bawls Bottle
Crystal Blue Bawls Light! Wild LED Light Project! – The best video clips are right hereThis video shows the whole process that was made in order to make the LED Bottle. I find that the bottle looks really cool once it is finished, and it surprises me, how simple the video makes it all seem….
Electric Heating Product
The Guangzhou Ofina Science and Technology Limited Company develope a new USB electric heating product for the winters. In the winter you can plug these product into you USB port, and take a heat from the the gloves so easily.
How to: Old Cds into USB lamp
Who knew that stripping the cords and exposing the red and black wires of so many electrical devices would yield such interesting and useful results? This is a great, quick, at-home, do-it-yourself activity. This video gives a nice basic walk through of how to do this but as designers and artists we can build on…
Dee Williams A picture of a possible life on mars. It was taken by a rover on mars. I find this wierd because I do not really believe in aliens, but this might just change my mind.
Dee Williams This is a robot that can complete a rubic’s cube. I think that its interesting because I could never do it. I would get to frustrated and through it on the floor.