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gardens

Brooklyn Botanical - Japanese Garden Visit

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Photos from a visit to the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in New York. It was created back in 1916 and was among the first o...

Japanese Friendship Garden Visit

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We recently spent some time in the Japanese Friendship Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s a quiet green refuge in a busy, hot, beige city.

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iot

IoT Platforms for Makers

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I’ve been looking at several Internet of Things (IoT) cloud platforms to support a new series of connected projects. The ideal platform would have a no-subs...

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sculpture

Noguchi Museum Visit

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These photos are from a recent visit to the Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York.

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science

Cosmic Ray Detector

4 minute read

This project can help you detect unseen parts of the natural world and rethink nothingness.

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measurement

Cosmic Ray Detector

4 minute read

This project can help you detect unseen parts of the natural world and rethink nothingness.

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emptiness

Cosmic Ray Detector

4 minute read

This project can help you detect unseen parts of the natural world and rethink nothingness.

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materials

2x4 Project Enclosure

3 minute read

Ben Light recycled scrap 2x4 lumber to make a more organic and humane housing for electronic projects, creating enclosures that evoke the wabi-sabi aesthetic.

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wood

2x4 Project Enclosure

3 minute read

Ben Light recycled scrap 2x4 lumber to make a more organic and humane housing for electronic projects, creating enclosures that evoke the wabi-sabi aesthetic.

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music

Solar Xylophone

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Rory Nugent’s wonderful Solar Xylophone uses the sun to make music outdoors. It creates natural melodies written by the sun and edited by the dappling of the...

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empathy

Tweenbots and Empathy

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Tweenbots are small human-dependent cardboard robots that move at a constant speed in a single direction. Strangers must help it get to where it is going.

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