The Enchanted Life of Erin Kling
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... sliding down rainbows ...
The Magic of Lilypad Arduino
… Or How to Sew Your Way Into the Computing Sciences
A Lilypad Arduino powered tic-tac-toe board. Via Rainycatz
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Lilypad Arduino is an Arduino kit that can be sewn together using conductive thread instead of solder and a soldering iron. It was created by Leah Buechley, a professor at the MIT Media Lab, and first made commercially available in 2007.
Sew circuits? What ridiculousness! Obviously something so simple, so feminine, so delicate couldn’t possibly be sufficient!
And yet the lights light up and the connections are made using tools found inside of any household sewing kit.
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This is amazing! And it proves that sometimes, it is the medium that is the problem, not the message.
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Looking good: The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann; out Dec 25, 2012 in the US and Jan 10, 2013 in Germany
Hiromi’s Sonicbloom: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a musician having so much fun on stage. Via @garretvoorhees.
For Mother’s Day: A Walk to Beautiful
The award winning feature-length documentary A Walk to Beautiful tells the stories of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries and embark on a journey to reclaim their lost dignity. They make the choice to take the long and arduous journey to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in search of a cure and a new life.
A real-time view of the global climate change discussion around the COP17 Conference.
(Source: soul-frosts, via modernhepburn)
Very touching: Instrument’s UX innovation reel
“Goldfish Salvation” by Riusuke Fukahori: I’ve watched the video twice and it still blows my mind.
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“Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.” — August Hare
2012 ♥
(Source: brieradford)
Beautiful Iceland
How to Get More Women in Tech in Under a Minute – Brilliant 5 min talk by @bougie
(Source: youtube.com)
Water your plants with your iPad: Biome flora terrarium by British designer Samuel Wilkinson
The first “The Hunger Games” trailer has finally been realeased and it’s looking good, much better than I suspected. Can’t wait for the Games to start next spring!
