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sculpture

Opus 40 Visit

2 minute read

A visit to the massive Opus 40 earthworks sculpture in Saugerties, New York, where Arts & Crafts meets wabi-sabi

Noguchi Museum Visit

1 minute read

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

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gardens

Brooklyn Botanical - Japanese Garden Visit

2 minute read

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

1 minute read

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

2 minute read

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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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

3 minute read

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

5 minute read

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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nature

human:nature

4 minute read

Jill Haefele’s “human:nature” headphones are populated with live crickets that rustle and chirp behind a mesh screen.

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