Web Links Thursday

Solar botics
February 23, 2017
Glorious MIDI unicorn
It looks good and it sounds good - a challenging project by musician Andrew Huang. (Via LaughingSquid)
Color changing hair dye
Thermochromic hair color, apparently safe and non-permanent, soon as a commercial product. (Via ZMEScience)
Dazzling canopy of interactive moving lights
Teamlab's stunning light and sound show creates an illusion of ethereal space. (Via DesignBoom)
The Technology Under the Skin of the Animatronic Creatures From ‘Spy in the Wild’
An amazing result of merging knowledge of biology and robotics. (Via LaughingSquid)
Camera made from 32000 drinking straws takes pointillistic photographs
A counterpoint to the modern obsession with high resolution - an analog camera producing multipoint perspective grainy images. (Via DesignBoom)

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May 5, 2006
Zee Ultimate Solar Mobile...

I had been giving some advice to Mark Malmberg about some art he's been putting together. Wanna see a killer huge solar-powered hanging mobile? From the builder himself: This piece has been a test piece and learning experience. I'll show it in a couple of months at a place called the Lawrence Hall of Science […]

March 1, 2001
BIO BUGS Press Release

Wowwee sent us some information telling us a bit more about the upcoming Bio Bugs that Mr. Tilden is working on. It includes an image showing some of the finished prototypes, and more "Official" stats on these upcoming toys! Check it out! Read More...

February 9, 2011
Interesting Mini-sumo build

This mini-sumo design by Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin features our wheels, and one of our favourite building materials, Sintra. We can't laser-cut sintra (PVC=bad stuff when burned), but milling it works well, as this builder shows. The asymmetric motor layout works, as proven by this contest-winning design (scroll to the bottom of the page).

September 18, 2000
Tilden 'bots "TO THE MOOOOON"! And Web-d...

Here's a link recently posted by cbrenizer (I'll keep the full email address off for spam-proofing

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