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Civilian Drone 3D Mapping

Project using civilian drones flying autonomously to photograph the USS Hornet, building a 3D image with the data - videos embedded below:

The video below illustrates the 3D model better, indicating the points where the photographs were stitched together:

This is a mosaic of the USS hornet we made at Nerd Night on 10/30/2013. We used the 3DR Y6 multirotor with a canon SX260. Two flights were conducted with two different camera angles relative to horizontal (straight down): 0deg and 45deg. The second flight was focused on the control tower whereas the first flight was focused on the deck.

More at 3DRobotics here

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Teletype machine from an electric typewriter

This project, by an unknown hacker, patches into an electric typewriter and uses it as a Teletype. An AVR ATmega168 microcontroller patches into the key matrix of the typewriter which allows it to it to artificially type. Now, data can be sent over a serial connection to the AVR for output on the typewriter.

for more info visit: http://numist.net/post/2010/project-typewriter.html

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Cross Sterilized Tacks on Flickr.

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This project is titled "We Are on the Edge" and "is a projection in a dystopian world where prepping becomes trendy and gets integrated in the design DNA of everyday life products," as Flahault says. "The jacket serves as an illustration of this prediction; a fashionable outfit suitable for everyday use but which also possess the features needed during a doomsday scenario."

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Art Deco inspirations are evident in Maxwell’s steel “Rabbino Corner Cabinet.”

Baltimore-based artist Jonathan Maxwell constructs his furniture out of steel. His work relates to the Art Deco era and the Industrial Age, concentrated mainly on the shapes and structures of the 1930s.

The antique-looking details of the work contrast powerfully with the modern elements of the steel. “I feel connected to the pedestrian nature of these materials and take it as a challenge to evoke a sense of history and context and beauty,” Maxwell says.

He begins his process by rescuing scrap pieces from industrial sites and then, with barely a sketch, transforms his ideas into larger metal works that convey a cinematic quality.

Over the past 14 years of his professional career, Maxwell’s work has evolved into “larger and more complex” pieces, while still keeping a “clean and refined” look. He hopes to continue in a similar vein, incorporating wood into his work.

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Set of The Shining

The façade of the Overlook Hotel set under construction on the backlot at EMI Elstree Studios.

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James Dyson will announce the winner of the international student design award that carries his name in a little over a week, so it’s an opportune time to take a closer look at the finalists. This year, Dyson has 20 finalists from which to make his selection, and like previous years, it looks like being no easy task. Here are the entries still in the running for the first place prize that has been upped to £30,000 (US$48,500) for 2013.

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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead by Xander Eastcroft 

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Alphonse Mucha

"Alfons Maria Mucha (Ivančice, 24 July 1860 – Prague, 14 July 1939), often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs."

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He rose to an elite status and created his own style along the way

North Carolina’s most in-demand, pre-Civil War, master cabinetmaker Thomas Day had everything it took to be Southern royalty–land, money, education. Yet, Day was a black man. Born in a community of free African-Americans in southern Virginia, Day was able to achieve such fame that his customers created a double meaning for the term “daybed,” a convenient play on his name. His story is as striking as his unique creations, marked by his very own “Exuberant Style,” of which a collection of 39 exemplary works can be seen at the Renwick Gallery for its new show “Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color.” Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2013/04/the-incredible-true-story-of-north-carolinas-most-prominent-antebellum-master-craftsman-freeman-thomas-day/#ixzz2jUHsLPoE 

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The use of reclaimed wood isn’t a new concept, but it’s seen a surge in popularity especially with the green building and remodeling boom.  Reclaimed lumber is simply wood with a past life used for a new purpose. Perhaps it was a storage crate or an old barn that has been milled into reclaimed hardwood flooring, though this lumber too is even being used to create reclaimed engineered wood floors that look like it was made from virgin products.

I just acquired over 1 ton of wood from the neighborhood. winter projects abound.... 

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Every Man Should Carry a Torch: A Primer on Flashlights

From helping you find your way back to your campsite, to allowing you to find a missing widget under the bed, to providing illumination when the lights go out, to warding off a would-be attacker, there are few tools as handy and essential as the flashlight. 

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Cthulhu's Witnesses

i would rather see these people on our streets 

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Pizza Hut by  Cory Say

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fucking epic

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these are the prototype patents for one ofmy favorite wrenches The Eifel Flash Geared Plierench