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Hair mousse + Fire = Unexpected Coolness! Kids, don’t try this at home.

This may be one of those times where the image and concept is more interesting that the final product. I mean, what could you actually do with a mouse-driven Etch-a-Sketch? Project Page via Gizmodo, via Make.

Nicely done!

Compare it to the original after the jump. (more…)

These pieces are a bit pricey at around $400 to $650, but the idea is inspiring. Nicely done, Insect Lab. They have a few different species, but the beetles are the coolest by far.

“Insect Lab is an artist studio that customizes real insects with antique watch parts and electronic components. Offering specimens that come in many shapes, sizes and colors; each insect is individually adorned, each is one of a kind and unique.”

From the Giant White Glove website: “This is an experiment for the White Glove Tracking project, made with Java and processing.”

Here’s one of them, and there are 11 more at oobject.com’s best Rube Goldberg Machine videos

This redesign of the Justice League characters in the Victorian era is inspired by the comic book, Gotham by Gaslight by Mike Mignola and Brian Augustyn. Check out the full gallery and details on each figure at Sillof’s workshop.

This is a seriously cool hack of the Wiimote via hackaday.com. Be sure to check out Johnny Lee’s project page where you can download the code for this and other Wiimote projects.

(GTD) Make A Pocket-Size Dry Erase Board - video powered by Metacafe

via lifehacker

Sadly I couldn’t figure out how to post the video here, but you can find it and more info over at the Anti-Social College Kids Build Autonomous Foosball Table article at gizmodo.com and at the Autonomous Foosball Table’s project site where they even describe how they built it.

Johnny Chung Lee > Projects > Wii

Thanks, Steve

Tracking Your Fingers with the Wiimote

Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote