I stumbled onto this site. This site shows you how to take normal everyday objects and use them in ways in which you would not have thought before. Alot of them are very dumb, but some are very clever. One of my favorites are the tennis ball earmuffs. I could also see them being made…

Warping wallpaper is the brainchild of German artist Tom Hanke. Don’t be fooled into thinking that this is just a conceptual piece, but this is a real product. Coming in any pattern, the wallpaper creates the illusion of bending and skewing around the objects in your room. How it works is actually quite simple, your…

i thought this is cool because this guy is made this thing himself out old car parts bike parts and a few pieces from a down 747 so it’s quite the back yard project.

Basically what it is is a touch sensitive cube with bunch of LED’s beneath the surface. I don’t really care about the fact that you can “play” rubix cube on this thing; I personally think the real rubix cube is much cooler.. But I just like the hands on interactivity. There’s just something about actually…

I remember a little while back hearing in class about somebody who built their own hang gliders, challenging the rights as to who “owns” the air. Here’s a person who’s taken that concept a step further, building his own working helicopter out of junk he found lying around. Although it only has flown seven feet…

These subway trains for Amsterdam are the toughest out there. The government regards their hooligans as the toughest out there. Therefore, their public transport must be up to snuff to put up with the harassing nature of these hardcore hooligans, meanest of the world. Who knows, a little cleaning goes far for Denmark, who’s seen…

I assure you that I do not have an obsession with boxes, since this the second interactive box post I’ve made, I just thought this was a really cool device. It is located right outside the Shinjuku station in Tokyo. It changes between modes based on a timer and people can touch it to reach…

In America, crime prevention is often synonymous with fighting back with the use of weapons. This facet of crime prevention cannot be found in Japanese culture in which it is better not to make a scene. Instead, innovative Japanese inventions use deception and camouflage to allude potential criminals. Take for instance Tsukioka, a 29 year-old…

Scientists have created a solar cell 200 times thinner than a human hair. This technology is bound to be powering the newest technology of the future, including ultralow power electronics that can be worn or used inside the body. There are many possibilities with this new technology from consumer devices to medical purposes. Beside from…

Amy Young, of whom we discussed in class as the woman who makes seeds out of peoples foreheads or thoughts; has a peculiar interest in crickets. I find her works to be quite appealing because while we were building our 741 circuit chips, I learned how to make mine chirp like a cricket. After this…

Christian Nold created and conducted a bit of experimental art at the Newham Sixth Form College. He sent out art students in pairs. One of each pair was blindfolded and had muffles placed over their ears. This student was then to relate the sensations they experienced to the other student who would take notes and…