Posts Tagged ‘Art & Design’
Lamp That Runs Off Of Dead Flies
Posted by chesterfrench on Friday, January 30th, 2009
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Here’s how the Lampshade robot works:
Flies and moths are naturally attracted to light. This lamp shade has holes based on the form of the pitcher plant enabling access for the insects but no escape. Eventually they expire and fall into the microbial fuel cell underneath. This generates the electricity to power a series of LEDs located at the bottom of the shade. These are activated when the house lights are turned off.
[via Huffington Post]
Iraqi Orphans Help Build Monument To Shoe-Thrower
Posted by chesterfrench on Friday, January 30th, 2009
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The shoe monument, made of fiberglass and coated with copper, consists of the shoe and a concrete base. The entire monument is 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) high. The shoe is 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) long and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) wide.
The orphans helped al-Amiri build the $5,000 structure — unveiled Tuesday — in 15 days, said Faten Abdulqader al-Naseri, the orphanage director.
Wild looking sculpture.
[via Political Machine]
Birdy Condom Dispenser
Posted by chesterfrench on Thursday, January 29th, 2009
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For those of you who live at home, trying to hide your protective sleeves from your mom and dad.
[via Swissmiss]
Portions Of The Swine Shirt
Posted by chesterfrench on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
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- ANDY WARHOLShared by David-Andrew W Exhibit on at the art museum here in Milwaukee! ANDY WARHOL THE LAST DECADE AT THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM. I NEED TO GO SEE THIS. […]
- The world's smallest art prizeShared by David-Andrew W Awesome From New Scientist: Crossing a microscope with a camera gives you a micrograph, a tiny photograph that allows artists and scientists to show the beauty inaccessible to the naked eye. Every year the Small World competition run by optics giant Nikon celebrates this hidden world. This year the winners range from an anglerfish ov […]
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