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The Rocket Stop – upgrades complete
I hope you enjoyed the preview of The Rocket Stop audio system. The harsh marine environment and rain has taken it’s tool over the past year, but the upgrades went realyl well, and the Stop is looking much better now. The new audio system is working (as of now), but is […]
Bret Victor: A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
The next time you make breakfast, pay attention to the exquisitely intricate choreography of opening cupboards and pouring the milk — notice how your limbs move in space, how effortlessly you use your weight and balance. The only reason your mind doesnt explode every morning from the sheer awesomeness of […]
Rotate your owl.
Best rotate your owl video ever. I think we can all agree this is pure internet awesome, but few will will find as much value in it as I do. <via Art or Science>
Awesome photo of The Nautilus
Here is an awesome photo of The Nautilus by, Five Ton Crane member Becca Henery.
Zach Lieberman: Interactive Art
via Zach Lieberman: Interactive Art on Vimeo.
RadioShack starts selling Arduinos …
I gota admit, I love that there is a Radioshack two minutes from my house, and I go there often for emergency electronics. But every time I’m there I just wish it was just a bit better. I know it will never be great, I know that, but […]
The Nautilus Aperture Door
Well, I finally got around to processing most of the photos and video of a great project I worked on over the summer. I created a portfolio page for it here, but since I never really blogged about this piece as I was building it I figured no one really […]
“Resistance is Futileâ€: Reading Science Fiction Alongside Ubiquitous Computing
An interesting read on the relationship between science fiction and technological research and development by Paul Dourish Read the whole paper here. Reading research literature as in some ways “fictive†is not intended to denigrate or dismiss it; rather, we want to draw attention to the ways in which both science fiction and the research literature are founded upon acts […]
Its all been done before
Most people who work in corporations or academia have witnessed something like the following: A number of engineers are sitting together in a room, bouncing ideas off each other. Out of the discussion emerges a new concept that seems promising. Then some laptop-wielding person in the corner, having performed a […]
It’s Alive! Mini-Mover 5 resurrected with Arduino!
When I saw this 5DOF robotic I fell in love with it, that was in the 80s when I was just a little kid. I aways wanted one. So the other day when I saw it collecting dust and longing for the days when it was cutting edge I knew […]
Almost Scientific and The Uira Engine on Make
You know at events like Maker Faire I’m constantly being interviewed and videoed, and then I totally forget about them. Well this afternoon during a quick lunch break I checked in on Make and while I’m scrolling along eating a chicken drum stick I suddenly relise that I’m looking at […]
The RGR and The Rocket Stop featured in the San Francisco Chronicle
Below is scanned clipping from the San Francisco Chronicle featuring the RGR and The Rocket Stop. Yeah, it was also posted on-line, but its still cool to see your work printed on real paper.
The Simple Act of Making a Mark on the Arduino blog
Hey look!  The Simple Act of Making a Mark is featured on the official Arduino blog! Sweet!  We love the Ardunio!