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tweenbots

May 8th, 2009 No Comments

“Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.” says [...]

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DIY New England from Sketchup

April 26th, 2009 No Comments

Greg La Vardera uses Google sketchup as a base to these New England illustrations. I always find it amazing how the free acess to google sketchup opens the world of 3D modeling to all disciplens…

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Dumpster

January 27th, 2009 No Comments

Oliver Bishop-Young has created a series of ‘guerilla’-dumpster use such as a pool, a ping-pong table and many more to see on his homepage. enjoy!

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antwerpen ski jump

January 22nd, 2009 No Comments

While I was still comparing Zara Hadids latest competition-winning project in Antwerpen to the look of a ski jump (she did one, too), the below project by Julian de Smetd has been released on dezeen.com

hm…?

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Muxtape

March 26th, 2008 No Comments

this wonderful and minimal mixtape site is as clear as it is simple to use. i recommend passing by, also because of the feeling that the beauty won’t last too long. it would not surprise me if the copyrighters will be chasing these ny hipsters very soon.
in the meantime, enjoy!

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Canonscan Lide 30 on a Mac

March 26th, 2008 No Comments

i know this is not converting into a computer-blog but i hope to save some others some research time by posting this.
tried to connect my (old) canonscan lide 30 to a friend’s new mac powerbook today. – it took some time. the installer downloaded from the official canon site does not even ‘know’ where [...]

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Brooklyn Patches – 001

January 20th, 2008 No Comments

This entire ‘waterproofed’ house serves as a favorite example for the ‘playground brooklyn’ where DIY architecture leaves nothing impossible.

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