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Nils Voelker “one hundred and eight”: who says CPU fans & trash bags aren’t art? [Video]

, Aug 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Ever wanted your living room wall to look like the inner lining of a lung?  If so, you need to talk to Nils Voelker: his latest project, called "one hundred and eight", takes 108 garbage bags and then uses 216 computer-controlled CPU cooling fans to selectively inflate and deflate them.  The resulting wall-mounted installation is bizarrely hypnotic. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Defibrillator-shaped toaster crying out for a Steve Martin film to goof in

, Aug 3rd 2010 Discuss [1]

While we wouldn't argue with some kitchen/hospital crossovers - better food while you're recuperating would be nice - we can't help but think designing a toaster to look like a defibrillator opens up all manner of potential pratfalls. The handiwork of Shay Carmon, toast/e/r is tongue-in-cheek billed as a way to "revive your old bread". Read The Full Story

Jobs “freedom from porn” iPad quote prompts billboard hacking [Video]

, Jun 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

When Steve Jobs said that the iPad offered "Freedom from porn" last month, it was just the latest in a series of digs against rival platforms - Android, PCs - that allow risque content to be viewed.  The Apple CEO probably didn't expect it to kick start a guerilla street art campaign, though; that, however, is exactly what has happened.  Apple adverts near the Moscone center where Apple held their WWDC 2010 keynote earlier this week were modified using self-adhesive overlays that changed the generic content into something a little more smutty. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Facade Printer: the most exciting inkjet you’ll see [Video]

, Apr 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

If HP's inkjets were as interesting as this DIY Facade Printer, the company wouldn't have had to buy Palm just to get some press coverage.  The handiwork of German product designers and engineers Martin Fussenegger, Michael Haas and Julian Adenauer, the inkjet-with-attitude is capable of precisely firing individual colored dots from up to 20 feet away, creating huge - and surprisingly accurate - murals on whatever wall is unlucky enough to get in the way. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Casttoo makes it cool to have a broken bone

, Mar 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

I have never broken a bone despite the fact that I frequently jumped off the roof of my house as a kid and ran wild on a three-wheeler with no parental supervision at an early age. My cousin on the other hand could break a bone if he farted too hard. We are sort of like Mr. Glass and David Dunn from Unbreakable. Read The Full Story

Gesundheit Radio sneezes away the dust [Video]

, Feb 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

One thing we didn't see when we visited Texas Instruments last week were the fruits of the company's Attenborough Design Group, the experimental research group who, in 1972, designed this Gesundheit Radio.  Of course, that's probably because there was no such group; the radio - which incorporates a set of bellows and sneezes periodically, so as to remove dust from the sensitive microprocessors - is actually the handiwork of design student James Chambers, who felt a comprehensive back-story could only help his project. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Time Switch: because deadline denial is an art

, Jul 13th 2009 Discuss [2]

When you're facing down an inbox full of press releases and an empty frontpage, the prospect of pausing time sounds like a tempting one.  Artist Ryan Harc can't quite offer mastery over the aging process, but if you're of the opinion that what you haven't seen can't hurt you then his Time Switch may have all the denial you need. Read The Full Story

Don’t Tase Me Bro immortalized in automaton

, May 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

We like a good automaton here at SlashGear, and if it manages to reproduce an internet meme then all the better.  Jon Haddock's hand-cranked model is titled "Andrew Meyer (Don't Tase Me Bro)" and reproduces the infamous 2007 University of Florida Taser incident. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Wooden MacBook model with hand-drawn detailing

, May 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

It may look like an Apple MacBook - albeit one pretty thoroughly bleached - but this is actually a school project.  Kyle Buckner crafted this 3/4-scale MacBook model out of wood, with a hand-cut working hinge, and then filled in the details with a pencil. Read The Full Story

Adidas Liquid Story ferrofluid installation [Video]

, Apr 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Adidas have commissioned an audio-video installation using dancing ferrofluid, which will go on show at Milan Design Week 2009.  The handiwork of Felice Limosani, Liquid Story incorporates two cones between which a magnetic field is created, causing a 10 liter pool of iron-enriched resin to map out music with hypnotic spears. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Tilt-Shift done properly: Bathtub IV by Keith Loutit [Video]

, Mar 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Tilt-shift takes the real world and, if it's done right, makes you wonder whether we're actually all tiny figurines.   Artist Keith Loutit is perhaps one of the best at it that we've seen, and his latest project - Bathtub IV, a music video starring the Sydney harbor and a whole flock of seemingly-minute people, boats and even a helicopter - is arguably his finest work yet.   Watch Bathtub IV after the cut Read The Full Story

DIY Wiremap: projected 3D object tutorial

, Feb 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Last year, Albert Hwang debuted the Wiremap, an array of tightly-strung cables that, with a projector, could be used to create visual 3D models.  Boiled down, the process relies on some carefully-spaced vertical strings that each align with a single column of projected pixels.  At the time, Hwang made the whole thing available under the Creative Commons licence; now he's back with an Instructable, just in case you'd like to make your own Wiremap. Video demo of the Wiremap in action after the cut Read The Full Story
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